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Re: OS/2..Win 95 -- Some actual facts that will affect gaming

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From: dav... Dave Glue
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 00:00

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deh...@enzu.unm.edu (Dan Ehrig) wrote:

>Jonathan Badger (bad...@phylo.life.uiuc.edu) wrote:

>: While OS/2 offers many of the same benefits, (well, the current
>: graphics engine is dog slow in comparison to WinG, but this could be
>: fixed.) it simply hasn't been embraced by the development

>DIVE is at least as good as, if not superior to, WinG.

I think the main benefit of any direct-to-hardware access in a GUI is
SUPPORT.

I'd have to say Win G wins out here.

What's the point of even comparing? The fact is, developers are
announcing Win '95 games, not OS/2.  I realize OS/2 is a superior OS
on a technical level.  Sadly, that doesn't seem to matter- but I'll
take actual games over "possible" ones anytime.

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Date: 1995/06/28
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