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In article <3n4ff7$g...@news.iastate.edu> m...@knapp24.res.iastate.edu (Mark R. Johnson) writes:
>From: m...@knapp24.res.iastate.edu (Mark R. Johnson)
>Subject: Win95:  Been there, done that.
>Date: 20 Apr 1995 02:04:23 GMT

>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

>>There is an idiot proof dialogue to set up support for: mouse, disk cache, 
>>doskey, expanded memory manager, and direct disk access for each dos session. 
>> Just click on the choices.  For any other devices, it's simple to add the 
>>lines into your custom config.

>Sounds a lot like warp to me.

>>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.

Look here...I don't mind OS/2 zealots...to each his own, but after spending 
hours on the phone with their tech support department, they finally decided 
that OS/2 simply would not run on some machines.  I have a pristine copy of 
OS/2 for Windows and OS/2 WARP (version with original bugs fixed) sitting 
right here if anyone wants them...well let me keep the boxes...they're holding 
up my printer so the paper can get over the back of my computer desk.   So far 
that's all OS/2 has been worth to me.

The point is...who gives a plague infested rats ass if OS/2 has been doing 
this for years?  Now Win95 says they'll do it too, and I, for one, look 
forward to seeing how well it works....IF it works ;-).

Steve
sbr...@new-orleans.neosoft.com
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