Windows 3.1 and all previous versions are what as known as Operating
Environments. The real operating system in this case is DOS. Note that when
the system boots up it is always in the black screen and to go to windows,
you have to run the command WIN or c:\Windows\windows.exe.

WIN 95 and WIN 98 are more or less accepted as true Operating Systems -
although one suspects that since we can interrupt the full booting of WIN 9x
and operate in the DOS environment, that the "true" part may be a bit of a
stretch.

Larry Stewart

Eric Johnson wrote:

> Hello all-
>
> For a report that I have to give I need to discuss whether or not Windows
> 3.x is an operating system. I was wondering if any of you had opinions on
> the topic and where I might go to find more information (on the web).
> Thanks for any input.
>
> -Eric Johnson
>
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