[geeks] Windows NT device names.

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> On Jul 9, 2009, at 15:16 , gsm at mendelson.com wrote:
> 
>> The explanation of Windows NT device names.
>>
>>     http://support.microsoft.com/kb/235128
>>
>> The old device names C:, etc are there for compatibility with Win32 
>> programs,
>> e.g. ones written for the APIs before Windows NT.
> 
> I wasn't aware developers stopped using Win32.  I thought what is 
> present now was basically just Win32 moved to NT.

Actually, Win9x is Win32c, NT is Win32.  And there is a 32-bit extension 
for Windows 3.1 called Win32s.

Peace...  Sridhar