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From math.fu-berlin.de!xlink.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usc!wupost!uunet!vtserf.cc.vt.edu!polaris.async.vt.edu!jfurr Tue Aug 10 00:07:31 1993
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Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet
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Path: math.fu-berlin.de!xlink.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usc!wupost!uunet!vtserf.cc.vt.edu!polaris.async.vt.edu!jfurr
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From: tor@netcom.com (Tor Slettnes)
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Subject: [comp.os.ms*] Re: comp.os.msdos.wizards FAQ
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Message-ID: <torCB469r.DL7@netcom.com>
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Followup-To: alt.humor.best-of-usenet.d
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Sender: jfurr@polaris.async.vt.edu (Joel Furr)
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Organization: Netcom, Sacramento
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Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1993 04:12:53 GMT
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Approved: best@polaris.async.vt.edu
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Lines: 73
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer,comp.os.msdos
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Subject: Re: comp.os.msdos.wizards FAQ
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From: cemeier@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Charles E Meier)
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What the comp.os.ms-dos.wizards FAQ might look like if
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there were a comp.os.ms-dos.wizards.
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Please do not post to this group unless you can write a
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badly designed operating system from scratch :-).
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Q1) What is the difference between an Operating System
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(OS) and an Operating Environment (OE)?
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A1) OSs do useful work for programmers. OEs require
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programmers to do useful work for themselves.
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Q2) Is DOS/Windows an OS or an OE?
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A2) DOS is neither, it is an ON (Operating Nightmare).
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Q3) What does the NT stand for in Windows-NT?
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A4) Nightmare Two.
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Q5) How rich is Bill Gates?
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A5) Questions about Bill Gates should be directed to
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alt.tv.barney.die.die.
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Q6) Are there any original ideas in DOS or are the
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concepts entirely borrowed?
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A6) Only DOS requires a console device driver to perform
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media checks.
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Q7) What are undocumented DOS functions?
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A7) Reserved. May not be supported in a future version of
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this FAQ.
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Q8) What is VCPI?
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A8) The Very Confusing Programmer's Interface is a
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specification designed to ensure that 32-bit
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protected mode programs could interfere with each
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other just as easily as ordinary real mode DOS
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programs. Superceeded by DPMI.
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Q9) What is DPMI?
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A9) Dumb Programmers at Microsoft, Inc. is a law passed
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by the U.S. Congress to ensure a uniform standard for
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protected mode programs. The U.S. Supreme Court has,
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however, declared Microsoft to be PC (Programming
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Challenged) and given them the right to ignore their
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own standard.
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Q10) What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
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A10) Secret contract between Microsoft and IBM to split
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the operating system world in two. Possibly
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sanctioned by the Pope. Further inquiries should be
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directed to alt.conspiracies.
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Another day of programming frustration.
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Charles Meier
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cemeier@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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