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From: kleonard@gvlv1.gvl.unisys.com (Ken Leonard)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Where are you Windows 3?
Keywords: Windows 3.0
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Date: 13 Apr 90 16:06:37 GMT
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In article <19528@boulder.Colorado.EDU> stasica@boulder.Colorado.EDU writes:
* >IF Windows 3 runs in protected mode, how can many previous Windows
* >programs work? . . .
* 
* As far as I have seen, Windows 3.0 does have a command line switch which
* tells windows that you will be running older Windows programs which weren't
* designed for the 3.0 mode.  It would be rediculous for Microsoft to not
* include this feature and leave all the applications developed for Windows
* 2.XX completely unsupported.
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But, will MS _tell_ us that the switch is there?  Or will they de-document it
like they have done with the switches in 2.11?
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grumps,
Ken