Ahh... yes, I do not know your age, so I can't comment on that. I was already in my 20s when I started working with Word 3 or so.
You seem to be confused over Word 6 and Windows 3 apps.
Word 6 was 4 different products. There was a DOS App called Word 6, a Windows 3 app called Word 6, a Windows NT app called Word 6, and a classic MacOS app called Word 6.
The Windows 3 app was 16-bit, because Windows 3 was 16-bit.
The Windows NT app was 32-bit, because Windows NT was 32-bit.
The DOS and Windows 3 versions could only handle short filenames: 8 letter names, 3 letter extension. That is all Windows 3 could handle.
But it sounds like you tried to run Win3 16-bit WinWord under DOSBox. That won't work. Windows apps need Windows to run.
If you had tried the DOS Word 6, it would run fine.
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Ahh... yes, I do not know your age, so I can't comment on that. I was already in my 20s when I started working with Word 3 or so.
You seem to be confused over Word 6 and Windows 3 apps.
Word 6 was 4 different products. There was a DOS App called Word 6, a Windows 3 app called Word 6, a Windows NT app called Word 6, and a classic MacOS app called Word 6.
The Windows 3 app was 16-bit, because Windows 3 was 16-bit.
The Windows NT app was 32-bit, because Windows NT was 32-bit.
The DOS and Windows 3 versions could only handle short filenames: 8 letter names, 3 letter extension. That is all Windows 3 could handle.
But it sounds like you tried to run Win3 16-bit WinWord under DOSBox. That won't work. Windows apps need Windows to run.
If you had tried the DOS Word 6, it would run fine.