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Re: FW: Let's get System 7.x on top!
Dan Guisinger (dan_g@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: Here I'll explain the reasons for a port to Win95/NT and OS/2.
: (Note, I don't use OS/2, and don't know how easy the features that
: windows can handle can be put into OS/2 since they aren't designed the
: same since 1991)
:
: 1) IFS -- Windows 95 and NT 4.0 (Not sure about 3.51) use an
: Installable File System. This was, ALL programs can read from Mac disks.
I believe that this also applies to Windows 3.11
: Not only that, it would guarrentee that if you wanted it, you could make
: an actual partition on the Mac side.
:
: 2) Very Large API -- Both OS/2 and Win32 have thousands of API calls
: that hide hardware from the programmers, making the development time
: decrease.
:
: 3) True 32-bit OSes -- All three OSes do MOST of their work in 32-bit
: (Yes, I know that window management in 95 IS 16, but thats all)
:
: 4) Cut & Paste -- You'll beable to share information via the Clipboard
: with Mac and PC programs.
That *could* be done with a dos version.
: 5) Fonts -- Windows and OS/2 support True Type Fonts. ARDIs generic
: system doesn't. What could they do? Route calls thru to Windows or
: OS/2. I don't even know if they can do it any other way. Microsoft and
: IBM had to licence TTF code. It could be that its a patented technoligy
: or something, and ARDI would have to licence it too (Correct me if I'm
: wrong)
OS/2 does not support True Type fonts.
: 6) Control Panels -- The way Windows uses control panels is this. A
: singe CPL file can represent many different applets. ARDI can make a CPL
: file that searches for Mac control panels and then displays icons for
: those, making settings for both the PC and Mac work together seamlessly.
:
: 7) Multitasking -- OS/2 and Win32 are thru multitasking and
: multithreading. This means ARDI doesn't exactly have to spend too much
: time on getting the system to multitask.
:
: 8) Same Desktop -- All programs can run on the same desktop. Windows,
: OS/2, and Mac (Especally true with OS/2 for Windows or OS/2 with
: Windows)
:
: 9) DirectX. Video/Sound/Networking are all much **FASTER** when using
: these APIs, thus improving preformance to or above a DOS machine with the
: same hardware.
:
: 10) Virtual Memory -- Executor currently has the limit of NO virtual
: memory. Win95 has an dynamic swap file that grows/shrinks with use.
: Executor can report the maxinum amount of memory a 68040 (and in
: the future, PPC) can handle, and thus no memory problems.
:
: I also saw mentioned that with Win95 you need more than 8 megs ram.
: That may be true, but by the time Executor/95 comes out, 8 megs of ram
: will cost around $80! There is a shift in the market that is making all
: RAM prices drop this year, its already started, and will finish later
: this year.
: And to that mention of using a 386. Give me a break. Who would
: seriously try emulating anything as complicated as a Mac (68040) on such
: a slow machine. Besides for one person, I don't know any body with one
: If you have a 386 and don't want to pay for a new system, may I suggest
: Evergreens MakeIt 486??????
: And to say Win95 runs on top of DOS. You don't know much about the system
: your insulting do you?
: Windows 95 loads in real mode, and loads real mode drivers for items not
: supported under Windows 95.
: IFS.SYS and HIMEM.SYS are replaced with 32-bit versions (same with
: DriveSpace) and the rest run off
Don't you remember 32-bit disk access and 32 bit file access in Windows
3.11? That wasn't an operating system. Let's just see Windows 95 working
without MS-DOS 7. (That's what it's called inside IO.SYS.)
: of emulated DOS and BIOS calls. The only time your using True DOS 7.0 is
: when you boot **to** DOS!
You could say the same thing about Win4WG 3.11 and Dos 6.22!
: And like I said above, the only part of Win95 that is 16 bit is the part
: that handles Windows and Menus,
: etc. That would be why its slow on a Pro is because GDI objects and calls
: are the most used part of
: Windows. If you want speed on a P6, get NT. Don't complain here (Notice,
: I haven't complained about
: any OS. I think they all have their advantages and disadvantages. And I
: don't want to see any OS wars
: in reply to this).
:
: -=Dan Guisinger=-
: A registered user of E/D and E/L
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