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Re: Win95 and games: good news...

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From: jlwo... Jeffrey Lee Woodall
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 00:00
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root (ro...@wentz1.reslife.okstate.edu) wrote:
: >Perhaps you can answer a question for me.  As I understand it, the
: >settings you refer to in Win95 apply system-wide, is that the case?  To
: >me, that seems like an unacceptable limitation.  With OS/2, I can
: >tailor the settings for each program individually.  
: >
: >Now, let's say that I want to run a DOS game that likes FILES=50.  In
: >OS/2, I simply change the game's settings to boost the files for that
: >session -- then, whenever I run the game, it uses FILES=50 and then drops
: >back to my system default (FILES=20) when I exit the game.  Why should I
: >penalize all my other tasks just for the sake of that one program by
: >increasing my system-wide FILES statement?  How does Win95 handle this
: >example?  From what I understand, it would require that I use FILES=50
: >system-wide or reboot into another configuration -- is that correct?  If
: >so, it doesn't seem like much of an improvement over what many people
: >currently do in DOS. 

: Nope sorry wrong.  Quit wasting bandwith with something you admit to knowing 
: absolutely nothing about.

No shit, this idiot needs to get lost.  At least most OS/2 users are 
computer literate.  This guy has NO clue.

Jeff
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From: jlwo...@unity.ncsu.edu (Jeffrey Lee Woodall)
Subject: Re: Win95 and games: good news...
Date: 1995/04/19
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