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Microsoft Windows 95
Questions and Answers





Microsoft is continually enhancing the Microsoftr
WindowsÖ operating system product line to deliver easy-
to-use yet powerful products that exploit the latest
advancements in microcomputer hardware technology.
There is a great deal of interest in and speculation
about WindowsÖ 95.  It is the official name of the
Windows "Chicago" project, which is the technology-
development effort that will deliver the next major
release of Windows for the mainstream desktop and
portable PC.  The purpose of this document is to answer
the most common questions customers have asked about
Windows 95.


What Is Windows 95?

  What is Windows 95?  Why change from the name Windows
"Chicago" to Windows 95?

Windows 95 is the official product name of the next
major version of Microsoft Windows.  Windows "Chicago"
was the code name for the development project to
produce the successor to Windows 3.x and WindowsÖ for
Workgroups 3.x, and this name was used until the
official product name was decided and announced.

  What are the key benefits and features of Windows 95?
What features will Windows 95 not have?

Windows 95 will present a major step forward in
functionality on desktop and portable PC platforms by
providing a system that is even easier, faster and more
powerful to use, and which maintains compatibility with
the Windows- and MS-DOSr operating system-based
applications and hardware peripherals in which
customers have invested.

Ease of use will be improved through the Plug and Play
architecture and a more intuitive user interface.  With
the introduction of the Windows 95 operating system, the
engine of Microsoft Windows is being revamped to improve
performance and provide smooth multitasking.  Windows 95
will be a complete, integrated 32-bit operating system
that does not require MS-DOS, although it can run MS-
DOS-based applications.  It implements the Win32r API and
provides pre-emptive multitasking and multiple threads of
execution for 32-bit applications.  Windows 95 will
include reliable and open networking support and high
performance, as well as messaging and remote-access
services.

As the successor to Windows 3.x and Windows for
Workgroups 3.x, Windows 95 will meet a number of key
requirements.  First, Windows 95 will be compatible
with applications and device drivers for both MS-DOS
and Windows.  When a customer upgrades to Windows 95,
performance will meet or exceed performance of  Windows
3.1, as long as the customer has an 80386DX or higher
system with at least 4 MB of RAM.  For systems with
more than 4 MB of memory, performance will be improved
over Windows 3.1.  The transition to the new user
interface will be easy for current users of Windows,
and companies that want to make the transition at their
own pace will still be able to run Program Manager and
File Manager during the transition period.

Windows 95 will not be processor-independent nor will it
support symmetric multiprocessing systems.  Windows 95 is
also not designed to meet C/2Ö-level security
specifications.  If these features are important to a
customer, Windows NTÖ is the right operating system to
use.

  How does Windows 95 compare to the Windows 3.1, Windows
for Workgroups and Windows NT operating systems?

Windows 95 is designed to make mainstream PCs easier
and more powerful.  It will be the right choice for
customers who want to run business and personal-
productivity applications and for use on home
computers.  Windows NT is designed for the most
demanding business uses such as development or advanced
engineering and financial applications.  Windows NT is
the right choice for customers who need the highest
level of protection for their data and applications.
Windows NT is also the right choice for those who need
scalability to multiprocessing and RISC systems.

  Why is Microsoft changing the numbering system for
Windows?

Until recently, version numbers have served us well.
Version numbers helped inform customers that new
versions were available and gave some sense for the
significance of the improvements.  However, our
customer base has broadened to include less technical
users, and our research indicates that even our most
sophisticated customers find our current version-
numbering scheme confusing.  For example, Windows 3.1
provided far more new capabilities than a typical 0.1
release, and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 introduced
dramatically more than the usual .01 release.  We must
make it easier for customers to understand which
version of our software they are using, so they know
when to consider upgrading to the next release.

  Does this numbering system mean Microsoft will release
a new version of Windows every year?

No.  It means that the version numbers will help give
users a sense for the "model year" of their software, in
the same way that customers have a sense of the model
year of their cars today.

Why Will I Want Windows 95?

  Why will individual customers want to upgrade to
Windows 95?

The sheer quantity of the improvements included in
Windows 95 represents a great value for customers.  Top
on the list of requested improvements was an easier way
to work with the PC.  As a result, a new user interface
was designed in Windows 95 that will help make
computing even easier for both less experienced users
and experienced users who want greater efficiency and
flexibility.

Long file name support is one of many usability
improvements in Windows 95.  Improving ease of use goes
beyond fixing problems with Windows _ it encompasses
the hardware, applications and network as well.  Plug
and Play will make hardware setup automatic, and built-
in networking will make starting a new network or
connecting to an existing network server such as
Novellr NetWarer and Windows NT Server just as easy.

Customers also want greater efficiency and power and to
get their work done faster.  They want to run more than
one application or task at the same time.  They want to
use their computers to access files, electronic mail,
and public-information networks from any location _ at
work, at home, or on the road.  They also want better
multimedia, whether for playing MS-DOS-based games or
for teleconferencing using TV-quality video resolution.
The following are highlights of capabilities in Windows
95 that address these requests:
·    Pre-emptive multitasking.  Windows 95 can perform
  multitasking smoothly and responsively for 32-bit
  applications.
·    Scalable performance.  The performance
  improvements that Windows 95 provides over Windows 3.1
  increase as the amount of RAM increase, due to the high-
  performance 32-bit architecture of Windows 95.
·    Support for 32-bit applications.  Windows 95
supports the Win32 API, which means customers can look
forward to a new generation of easier, faster and more
reliable applications.
·    Increased reliability.  Windows 95 increases
  protection for running existing MS-DOS- and Windows-
  based applications and provides the highest level of
  protection for new 32-bit applications for Windows.  As
  a result, an errant application will be much less
  likely to disable other applications or the system.
·    Faster printing.  Windows 95 features a new 32-bit
  printing subsystem that reduces the time spent waiting
  for print jobs to finish and improves system response
  when jobs are printing in the background.
·    Better multimedia support.  Just as Windows 3.1
  made sound a part of the system, Windows 95 now
  includes support for video playback.  The video system
  and CD-ROM file system will provide high-quality output
  for multimedia applications.
·    More memory for MS-DOS-based applications.
  Windows 95's use of protected-mode drivers means
  customers will have more than 600K free conventional
  memory in each
  MS-DOS session, even when they are connected to the
  network and using a CD-ROM drive and a mouse.
·    Info Center.  Windows 95 includes the Info Center,
  a universal client that retrieves messages into one
  universal inbox from many kinds of systems, including
  Microsoft Mail, faxes, CompuServer Mail, Internet mail
  and so on.

  Why will companies want to upgrade to Windows 95?
Companies will want to move to Windows 95 because it
will  help reduce their PC support burden, help
increase their control over the desktop, and help
increase the productivity of their end users.  Numerous
studies have shown that as much as 80 percent of the
cost of owning a PC over the long term are the costs
associated with support, including installing,
configuring, and managing the PC, and training the PC
user.  The Gartner Group has concluded that
Windows 95 will likely lead to significantly lower
total cost of ownership compared to MS-DOS and Windows
3.1 (PC Research Note:  Personal Computing Costs: A
Chicago Model,  August 15, 1994).   Their model
estimates the support savings will be $1,180 per user
per year.  Over the five-year ownership period assumed
in the analysis, this translates into savings of nearly
$6,000 per user.  Windows 95 includes numerous features
designed to reduce the costs of supporting PCs and PC
users, including the following:
·    A simpler, more intuitive user interface that can
  reduce training requirements for novice users and
  enable experienced users to learn new tasks with less
  help.  The start button, taskbar, Explorer, wizards, a
  new help system and more will make Windows 95 easy to
  learn and make functionality easy to discover.
·    Built-in networking support that is easier to set
  up and configure and is faster and more reliable to
  use.  Whether you're running NetWare or Microsoft
  networks using NetBEUI, IPX/SPX or TCP/IP protocols,
  and using NDIS or ODI drivers, Windows 95 has
  integrated support for your network client, protocol
  and driver.  Additional networks are added easily.
  Windows 95 includes 32-bit clients for both NetWare and
  Microsoft networks that are fast, reliable, and require
  no conventional memory.  A Windows 95-based PC can have
  multiple network clients and transport protocols
  running simultaneously for connecting heterogeneous
  systems.
·    Plug and Play device installation to automate the
  difficult process of adding devices to a PC.  Windows
  95 supports the industry-standard Plug and Play
  specification to enable automatic installation and
  configuration of add-on devices.  If you install
  Windows 95 on the system you have today and purchase a
  Plug and Play add-on device, you will be able to
  install that device by just plugging it in and turning
  on your system.  Plug and Play takes care of the messy
  details of installation and configuration.  Plug and
  Play also enables innovative new system designs that
  support such capabilities as hot docking and undocking.
·    System-management capabilities that will simplify
  remote administration and enable new system-management
  applications.  Windows 95 features an infrastructure
  for the management of PCs that leverages a hierarchical
  database of system-configuration information, called
  the Registry.  The Registry holds all the pertinent
  information about the system _ hardware, software, user
  preferences and privileges _ and provides access to its
  contents over the network through a variety of industry-
  standard interfaces, including SNMP, DMI, and Remote
  Procedure Call.  This infrastructure will simplify many
  administrative tasks by including tools for remote
  configuration of the desktop and will lead to a new
  generation of sophisticated
  system-management applications for managing the
  desktop, performing hardware and software inventorying,
  and supporting software distribution.
·    System policies that enable an administrator to
  control a desktop configuration.
  Windows 95 supports policies, which are settings an
  administrator configures to define the operations users
  can access on their PCs.  Policies also can be used to
  define the appearance of the desktop.  For example, the
  administrator can set a policy to disable the MS-DOS
  prompt and the "Run" commands, to prevent users from
  arbitrarily running applications.
·    Support for roving users.  Windows 95 can present
  different configurations, depending on who has logged
  into the PC.  This option allows users to log into
  different machines on the network and see their
  personal configurations.
·    Built-in agents for automating backup of desktop
systems.  Windows 95 includes the software required to
backup a desktop system using a server-based backup
system.  The backup agents included with Windows 95
work with the most popular server-based systems.
In addition to reducing support costs and increasing
control over the desktop, Windows 95 will help make end
users more productive.  In usability-test studies, users
of Windows 3.1 are able to perform a series of typical
tasks that they perform today in 25 percent less time
using Windows 95.  These tests did not take into account
many of the tasks that users would like to perform but
which are too difficult today, such as installing a CD-
ROM drive and sound card or retrieving a file from the
desktop system while using the computer at home or
traveling on business.  By making these capabilities much
more accessible, Windows 95 will enable customers to be
even more productive using PCs.

  Won't it be expensive to put Windows 95 on all the PCs
in a company?

Windows 95 has been designed to provide a safe and
smooth transition to the new operating system.
Windows 95 will work on the hardware and software you
already have through support for existing device
drivers and applications for MS-DOS and Windows.  On
mainstream systems _ those with at least 4 MB of RAM
and an 80386DX processor _ Windows 95 will perform as
fast or faster than Windows 3.1 if all you do is
upgrade the operating system.  The installation program
will detect and maintain current system settings and
enable automated installation through a variety of
techniques, including login scripts and software-
distribution applications.  Users of Windows 3.1 will
be productive quickly, as confirmed by the thorough
usability testing Microsoft conducted with users of
Windows 3.1 and the learning aids that will be included
with the product.  After a 15-minute "play period" and
with the help of a computer-based tutorial, users of
Windows 3.1 participating in tests have been found to
be as productive using Windows 95 as they are using
Windows 3.1 the first time they perform a set of
typical tasks.   By the time it is commercially
available, Windows 95 will have been subjected to
hundreds of thousands of hours of rigorous internal
testing and will have undergone the most extensive beta
testing in history.

The savings achieved by using Windows 95 will far outweigh the
costs of making the migration.  The Gartner Group has
estimated that migration costs can be recouped in these
to six.  Good planning and depoyment technologies can
help keep thesecosts to a minimum.


Ship Dates and Packaging Plans

  When will Windows 95 ship?

Windows 95 is scheduled to ship in the first half of
1995.  Microsoft's commitment is to ship a great
product.  The intense testing period will help ensure a
great release based on feedback from tens of thousands
of beta testers.

  What different packages will you have for Windows 95?

Packaging decisions will be made later in the
development cycle, based on customer needs.

  I understand there is a new logo for Windows 95.  What
will it mean to me?

The new logo, which looks quite similar to the current
logo, featuring the same Windows flag, will be used
optionally by vendors to identify their hardware,
software and peripheral products that take advantage of
new capabilities in Windows 95.  The logo will let
customers know at a glance, for example, which CD-ROM
drives are Plug and Play-enabled and which applications
are 32-bit.

  Vendors can obtain detailed logo requirements by
accessing the Microsoft Developer Solutions Phone-Fax
service at [phone] and requesting document 130.

  I keep hearing rumors that Microsoft is working on
versions of Windows 95 for non-Intel microprocessors.
Is this true?

No, Microsoft is not working on versions of Windows 95
for non-Intelr microprocessors.  Windows NT is
Microsoft's portable operating system, and it's already
available on high-end Intel, MIPSr, Alpha AXPÖ,
PowerPCÖ and Clipper computers.

  What will happen to MS-DOS?

Microsoft will continue to enhance MS-DOS as long as
customers require it.  Future versions will be derived
from the protected-mode technology developed in the
Windows 95 project.

User Interface

  How will the new user interface in Windows 95 make the
PC easier to use?

The goal for the user interface for future versions of
Windows is to make computers easy for all people to
use.  The user-interface design in Windows 95 will
achieve these goals through the most extensive
usability-testing effort ever (thousands of hours of
laboratory testing, with hundreds of users of all
levels of experience) and through feedback from various
sources, including testing at customer sites, reviews
with experts on training in Windows, audits by
user-interface consultants, feedback from focus groups,
and analysis of product-support calls.

We expect both inexperienced and experienced users will
find that the changes being made to the user interface
in Windows 95 make it even easier to learn and use.
The system taskbar will make all the functions most
users need accessible with a single click of a button.
The taskbar will show all open windows and will make it
much easier to switch between windows by just clicking
on a button representing that window.  Instead of
mastering different kinds of tools (Program Manager,
File Manager, Print Manager and Control Panel) to work
with different resources on their computers, users of
Windows 95 will be able to browse for and access all
resources in a consistent fashion with a single tool.
All resources in the system will have property sheets,
which present tabbed-notebook-style interface settings
that can be directly changed; a new integrated Help
system makes it easy and fast to get help at all times.

  Won't a new user interface mean a lot of retraining for
current users of Windows?

The Windows 95 user interface is designed to make
experienced users of Windows 3.x productive
immediately, and usability testing has found this to be
the case.  After a few iterations of working with the
Windows 95 environment, users of Windows 3.1 are able
to complete common tasks faster with Windows 95.  With
subtle refinements in the user interface and the
addition of migration training aids during the
continued testing process, productivity can be expected
to improve even more.

Windows 95 will enable corporate customers and
individuals who want to move gradually to the new user
interface to continue running Program Manager and File
Manager while they become familiar with the new user-
interface features.

Architecture

  Your performance goals sound very ambitious,
considering all the functionality you're adding to
Windows 95.  How will you achieve those goals?

The stated performance goal of Windows 95 is that when
a customer upgrades to Windows 95, performance will
meet or exceed performance of  Windows 3.1, as long as
the customer has an 80386DX or higher system with at
least 4 MB of RAM.  (For systems with more memory,
performance will be improved over Windows 3.1.)
Windows 95 will meet this performance goal by
implementing new technologies to better optimize the
use of memory on low-end system configurations.  The
networking, disk, CD-ROM and paging caches will be
fully integrated to scale better as more memory is
added to the system.  Protected-mode device drivers
will be dynamically loadable to ensure that only the
drivers that are immediately needed are consuming
memory.  Great attention will be paid to effective
tuning, including hand-tuning source code.

  I've heard Windows 95 described as a 32-bit operating
system, yet I've also heard that portions of Windows 95
are implemented with 16-bit code.  Are both these
statements correct?
Windows 95 is a 32-bit, pre-emptive multitasking
operating system that implements some 16-bit code to
provide compatibility with existing applications.
Windows 95 deploys 32-bit code wherever it significantly
improves performance without sacrificing compatibility.
It retains existing 16-bit code where it is required to
maintain compatibility or where 32-bit code would
increase memory requirements without significantly
improving performance.  All of the I/O subsystems and
device drivers (such as networking and file systems) in
Windows 95 are fully 32-bit, as are all the memory
management and scheduling components.  Many functions
provided by the Graphics Device Interface (GDI) have been
moved to 32-bit code, including the spooler and printing
subsystem, the TrueTyper font rasterizer, and key drawing
operations.  Windows 95 includes a 32-bit implementation
of OLE.  Much of the window-management code (user)
remains 16-bit to help ensure application compatibility.

  Does Windows 95 improve limits on system resources?

Yes.  Windows 95 improves system-resource limits
dramatically while maintaining compatibility with
existing Windows-based applications.  Internal tests
show that resource limits are 400 percent to 600
percent greater than in Windows 3.x and Windows for
Workgroups 3.x.

Plug and Play

  What is Plug and Play?  What benefits does Plug and
Play provide?

Plug and Play is a technology jointly developed by PC
product vendors that will dramatically improve the
integration of PC hardware and software.  Windows 95 is
a key enabling technology for Plug and Play.  Plug and
Play is built into all levels of Windows 95 and covers
both common desktop and laptop devices, such as
monitors, printers, video cards, sound cards, CD-ROM
drives, SCSI adapters, modems and PCMCIA devices.

With Windows 95, a user can easily install or connect
Plug and Play devices to the system, letting the system
automatically allocate hardware resources with no user
intervention.  For example, by simply plugging in a CD-
ROM and sound card, a desktop PC can be easily turned
into a multimedia playback system.  The user simply
plugs in the components, turns on the PC, and "plays" a
video clip.
Windows 95 also enables new Plug and Play system designs
that can be dynamically reconfigured.  For example, a
Windows 95 Plug and Play laptop can be removed from its
docking station while still running and taken to a
meeting; the system automatically reconfigures to work
with a
lower-resolution display and adjusts for the absence of
the network card and large disk drive.

  Will Plug and Play devices work with my current system,
or will I need a new system?  What benefits will I
receive when I purchase a Plug and Play device with my
current system after I have installed Windows 95?
Windows 95 and Plug and Play devices will provide
complete backward compatibility to work with systems that
were not designed according to the Plug and Play
specification.  And when you purchase a Plug and Play
device for a non-Plug and Play PC running Windows 95, you
still benefit from the automatic installation features of
Plug and Play add-on devices.

Application Support

  What support does Windows 95 have for applications?

Windows 95 supports applications for MS-DOS and 16-bit
Windows-based applications supported by Windows 3.x as
well as a new generation of 32-bit applications.  It
provides this support through the Win32 API, which is
also available in Windows NT.  This new generation of
32-bit applications will provide benefits such as
greater robustness, smoother multitasking, long
filename support, a new look and feel, and threads, to
name a few.

  When will applications that exploit Windows 95 be
available?

Applications written for Windows 3.1 and Windows NT
that follow guidelines provided by Microsoft will be
able to run on Windows 95.  There are hundreds of 32-
bit Windows-based applications available today for
Windows NT, and more are released every day.  In
addition, leading software vendors have already begun
developing 32-bit applications for Windows 95, and we
expect many to ship within 90 days of the ship date of
Windows 95.

Networking

  Will I need new networking software to connect Windows
95 to my network server?

No.  Windows 95 will continue to run existing real-mode
networking components while enhancing the 32-bit
protected-mode networking components first delivered
with Windows for Workgroups.

  What improvements will the networking support in
Windows 95 offer over the support in Windows for
Workgroups 3.11?

In addition to being backward compatible with today's
network clients, Windows 95 will enhance the open and
flexible, high-performance 32-bit networking
architecture offered today with Windows for Workgroups
3.11 that enables customers to mix and match networking
components.  Windows 95 includes fast 32-bit, native
clients for both NetWare and Windows NT Server
networks; supports NDIS 2.x, 3.x and ODI drivers; and
provides 32-bit NetBEUI, IPX/SPX and TCP/IP protocols.
In addition, the network architecture in Windows 95
will make it possible for users to connect
simultaneously to multiple networks using multiple
protocols.

  Will there be a Windows 95 server product?

Windows 95 will not be provided in a separate server
product.  Windows NT Server is the Microsoft product to
use for production servers.  Windows 95 does improve
upon the peer-server capabilities offered in Windows
for Workgroups by offering additional features for
remote installation, control and administration.  These
features will make Windows 95 an even better product
for an easy-to-use file-sharing and print-sharing LAN
that is ideally suited for a
small business, small department or remote office.

  Can Windows 95 connect to the Internet?

Yes.  Windows 95 includes the networking support you
need to connect to the Internet.  It includes a fast,
robust, 32-bit TCP/IP stack (TCP/IP is the language
used by the Internet) as well as PPP or "dial-in"
support.  Windows 95 supports the large number of tools
used to connect to the Internet, such as Mosaic,
WinWAIS and WinGopher, through the WindowsÖ Sockets
programming interface.  Windows 95 also includes
standard Internet support, such as telnet and ftp.

Systems Management

  What specific desktop-management features will Windows
95 enable?
The Windows 95 operating system can be set up from a
network server and can be configured at the desktop to
run locally or across the network.  In each case, the
administrator can establish a specific configuration
for the installation, controlling which features are
installed and which features can be accessed or altered
by the end user.
Windows 95 supports policies, which are settings an
administrator configures to define what applications or
services users or groups of users can access using
their PCs.  Using policies, for example, the
administrator can disable the MS-DOS prompt and the
"Run" commands to prevent users from arbitrarily
running applications and can disable file-and-print
sharing.
To enable users to rove and use any system on the
network, Windows 95 will provide user profiles.  These
profiles will be centrally stored, accessed when the
user logs in to a Windows 95 system, and used to
install the appropriate configuration and set the
appropriate policies for that user.  Windows 95 also
enhances the security provided by Windows for
Workgroups to include user-level security.
Windows 95 also includes key desktop agents for popular
server-based backup programs as well as SNMP and DMI.
Finally, hardware installation and configuration will
be made much easier and less costly with the
implementation of the Plug and Play architecture in
devices and systems.  The Windows Registry will provide
data about hardware resources.  The data can be
accessed by third-party vendors to provide inventory-
management solutions.

Messaging and Mail

  What is the Info Center?

The Info Center is a universal information client built
into the Windows 95 user interface that can read and
send electronic mail from different e-mail systems,
including LAN-based systems such as Microsoft Mail or
remote systems such as CompuServe mail, and can send
and receive faxes and other remote messages.  The Info
Center also provides an effective way to organize,
sort, categorize and filter messages.

Mobile Computing

  What improvements will Windows 95 offer for people who
use a mobile or remote computer?

Windows 95 will provide support for mobile computers
and will make it easy for end users to access resources
when they are away from the office.  The implementation
of Plug and Play in Windows 95 will support inserting
and removing devices such as PCMCIA cards while the
operating system is running.  It will also support
automatic reconfiguration of dockable computers when
they are inserted or removed from the docking station,
without rebooting the system.  An enhanced version of
Advanced Power Management (APM) will further extend
battery life.
Remote networking will be a special focus.  Windows 95
includes a dial-in network client that allows a mobile
computer to dial into popular remote networking
products, such as Shivar Netmodem, NetWare Connect and
Windows NT Remote Access Services, using the same
network protocols and advanced security features
provided for desktop PCs.  Finally, Windows 95 will
provide file-synchronization services.

  How are the remote-client capabilities in Windows 95
different from those in Windows for Workgroups 3.11?

Clients running Windows for Workgroups can remotely
dial into Windows NT Server or Windows for Workgroups-
based servers only.  Windows 95 supports a much more
diverse
remote-access environment; it can connect not only to a
Windows NT Server and other PCs running Windows 95, but
also to NetWare servers running NetWare Connect,
network devices such as the Shiva Netmodem (using the
PPP Remote Access support in Windows 95), and the
Internet.

For More Information

  How can I obtain the latest information directly from
Microsoft about Windows 95?

Microsoft has established a number of easily accessible
electronic-distribution points for new white papers,
press releases and other pertinent documentation.  Use
the following electronic addresses to access further
information:

     On CompuServe       GO WINNEWS
     On the Internet
ftp.microsoft.com/peropsys/win_news
     On the Worldwide Web     http://www.microsoft.com
     On GEnieÖ      WINNEWS Download area in Windows
RTC
     On ProdigyÖ         Jumpword WINNEWS
     On AOL              Keyword WINNEWS

To subscribe to Microsoft's WINNEWS Electronic
Newsletter, send e-mail to [e-mail]
with the words SUBSCRIBE WINNEWS in your message.

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Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
MIPS is a registered trademark of MIPS Computer
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Alpha AXP is a trademark of Digital Equipment
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Clipper is a trademark of Computer Associates
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TrueType is a registered trademark of Apple Computer,
Inc.
Shiva is a registered trademark of Shiva Microsystems
Corporation.
GEnie is a trademark of General Electric Corporation.
Prodigy is a trademark of Prodigy Services Company.

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