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		toast0 on Aug 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A look back at memory models in 16-bit MS-DOS Sure, but it wasn't that, it was "compatable with a contemporary system that did not survive as long as our system"

boomlinde on Aug 11, 2020 [–]

Sure, but an earlier system nonetheless. Similarly, I'd describe Windows 95 as backwards compatible with Windows 3, even if one might describe Windows 3.1 as a contemporary system at the time of 95's release.

toast0 on Aug 11, 2020 | [–]

Was OS/2 backwards compatible with Windows?

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