KS> While creating a floppy system disk you copy command.com to
 KS> the disk to.

right... it is the command interpreter... without it, nothing works...

 KS> - compare the Windy95/98 commands.com size to the regular Dos
 KS> command.com size

that is due to the object oriented coding they are using... we're not in
kansas any more, toto...

 KS> - copy the Windy95/98 command com to a regular Dos bootable
 KS> disk (with just PCDos files

 KS> IBMBIO   COM        40.720 14-01-95 12:00
 KS> IBMDOS   COM        37.128 14-01-95 12:00

 KS> for instance, and boot from it.

you have removed the IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS files from that floppy and
resys'd the floppy from the version of DOS those IBMDOS and IBMBIO files
are from?

or better yet, take a DOS 3 boot floppy and put the win98 command.com on it...

 KS> Apmle of proof I would say. :-)

sorry, i just don't see it...

)\/(ark