Difference between revisions of "Windows 3.1"
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Windows 3.1 introduced several new technologies onto the Windows 3.0 platform. The most notable was [[True type]] fonts, and OLE. The 'real mode' was removed, as Windows 3.1 now executed in protected mode only. | Windows 3.1 introduced several new technologies onto the Windows 3.0 platform. The most notable was [[True type]] fonts, and OLE. The 'real mode' was removed, as Windows 3.1 now executed in protected mode only. | ||
| − | Windows 3.1 is more of an ' | + | Windows 3.1 is more of an 'environment' then an operating system, as it still uses [[MS-DOS]] for some functions, and the 386 enhanced mode spawns [[VDM]]'s with MS-DOS. |
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| + | Microsoft also included basic multimedia API's facilitating the playback of [[MIDI]] files, and wav audio files. | ||
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| + | == Modes of operation == | ||
| + | Windows 3.1 dropped the realmode from [[Windows 3.0]], while retaining both standard & 386 Enhanced modes. Both modes functioned identically as they did in Windows 3.0 | ||
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{{Nav Windows}} | {{Nav Windows}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Operating | + | [[Category:Operating Environments]] |
Revision as of 05:59, 21 September 2009
| Windows 3.1 | |
| Type: | Time-sharing |
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| Creator: | Microsoft |
| Multitasking: | cooperative with paging (386) / swap (286) |
| Architecture: | i286, i386 |
| Date Released: | 1992 |
Windows 3.1 introduced several new technologies onto the Windows 3.0 platform. The most notable was True type fonts, and OLE. The 'real mode' was removed, as Windows 3.1 now executed in protected mode only.
Windows 3.1 is more of an 'environment' then an operating system, as it still uses MS-DOS for some functions, and the 386 enhanced mode spawns VDM's with MS-DOS.
Microsoft also included basic multimedia API's facilitating the playback of MIDI files, and wav audio files.
Modes of operation
Windows 3.1 dropped the realmode from Windows 3.0, while retaining both standard & 386 Enhanced modes. Both modes functioned identically as they did in Windows 3.0
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