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Old August 20th 04, 08:24 AM
Roger Binns
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Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
In article ,
Ken Hagan wrote:
Nick Roberts wrote:

I don't think that's strictly correct. My memory is that Windows 95
was itself the first Windows which supported 32-bit code, when it
was launched (in 1995 ;-) The immediately prior version of Windows
was
3.11, which was 16-bit only (and ran on top of MS-DOS).


The first version of NT (1991?) called itself Windows 3.1. It had its


No.


The first version of NT was released in 1993 and was called Windows NT 3.1.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f...98/winntfs.asp

Details and screenshots of all Windows releases are at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/Win...roGraphic.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/WinHistoryDesktop.mspx

Roger