Windows 3.1 ran 16-bit Windows and DOS applications but was unable to run subsequent 32-bit Windows programs written for Windows 95 and beyond. Windows 3.11 added peer-to-peer networking and was ...

If starting in MS-DOS, the setup program would install and boot a minimal version of Windows 3.1 and then fire up a 16-bit Windows app to do much of the heavy lifting. The same 16-bit app would ...