Re: Sony CDs are not safe to play in a Windows computer

On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 19:46:47 +0000, The Eternal Lost Lurker wrote:

>> > Well, Win95 and Win98 used MS-DOS 8 as the kernel. NT, XP, Me, and 2000 all
>> > have a non-DOS kernel.
>>
>> No, ME uses the same kernel as 95/98.
>
> It does? That explains a lot.

98 = 95 + Internet Explorer
ME = 98 + System Restore + upgraded Media Player + Win2K look-and-feel

The biggest giveaway is that device drivers come in three flavours:

1. 95/98/ME
2. NT
3. 2K/XP

While all of the above provide roughly the same interface to applications
(so you can have an EXE which works on any of them), the interface to
device drivers depends upon the kernel.

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