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Re: Win95: Been there, done that.

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From: jlwo... Jeffrey Lee Woodall
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 00:00
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Mark R. Johnson (m...@knapp24.res.iastate.edu) wrote:
: In article <3n3j7a$12...@bubba.ucc.okstate.edu>,
: root <ro...@wentz1.reslife.okstate.edu> wrote:

: >Hahhaha, I can sniff a OS/2 zealot from a mile away.  Yup, you can run 
: >separate DOS sessions with specified or automatically allocated EMS, XMS, or 
: >DPMI memory, different environment size, configurable conventional memory 
: >amount, separate autoexec.bat and config.sys for each dos app.

: OS/2 has been doing all this since 2.0

Automaticly adjusting memory per app as required? Dont think so.

: >It's really cool to be able to run DOS games in a window and stuff, although 
: >I prefer to switch to full-screen with a quick alt-enter.  The really cool 
: >stuff, though, is gonna be the crop of new games optimized for Win95 using 
: >the WING libraries.  I really couldn't live without the backward 
: >compatibility offered by Win95 for both Windows apps and dos apps (read: 
: >games ;) and I'd guess that most gamers would feel the same way.
: >
: >	- Rich

: Gee, OS/2 does all this now, has been doing it for years, and will 
: continue to do it.  Get a clue.

But not as well.  YOU get a clue.
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From: jlwo...@unity.ncsu.edu (Jeffrey Lee Woodall)
Subject: Re: Win95:  Been there, done that.
Date: 1995/04/20
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