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Re: W95 a "kick ass" game platform was Re: Win95: Been there, done that.

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From: wver... Wim Verveen
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 00:00
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In article <1995071406...@desiree.teleport.com>,
Nathan Strong <nst...@teleport.com> wrote:
> : No problems under win95. Even when playing doom and doing filetransfers
> : iun the background (see Rob it is compatible by you're standerds)
> 
> May I ask you a question? How much RAM do you have? I would hope you have 
> more than 4 megs if you're playing Doom and d/l'ing at the same time. 
> Still, since doom apparently runs fine, I would like to know how much 
> memory I would need. :) Thanks.
Runs with 8, flies in 16.


> BTW: If the future of o/s's were in my hands, I'd drop the GUI BS. Or, at 
> least, the main o/s wouldn't be a GUI. If there's one thing about 
> computers I can't stand, it's using a pointy-click interface with 
> *EVERYTHING*. For example, on a Mac, if I want to delete a bunch (but not 
> all) of files, and let's say there's alot. I have to hold down shift and 
> click on ALL the ones I want to delete, then drag them to the trashcan. 
> Now, in dos, all I do is type "del *.txt" and boom. They're gone. 
Some things always work better at the commandline.

> Needless to say I prefer a command-line environment to a GUI environment. :)
> 
> Unfortunately, 90% of the computer users are morons who just wanna have a 
> fancy typewriter/game machine. The only thing I use Windoze for is word 
> processing. That I like, because I can see the page how it will be 
> printed (WYSIWYG).
That's precisely the main advantage

Take care.


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From: wver...@xs4all.nl (Wim Verveen)
Subject: Re: W95 a "kick ass" game platform was Re: Win95: Been there, done that.
Date: 1995/07/14
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