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- From: Clifford T. Matthews <ctm@ardi.com>
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- Subject: RE: Let's get System 7.x on top!
- Date: 15 Apr 1996 14:43:53 -0600
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- >>>>> "purdymj" == purdymj <purdymj@Default.ibm.net> writes:
- In article <b14.9/21/95M27.4405497@Default.ibm.net> purdymj@Default.ibm.net writes:
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- Dwight> I favour implementation of MacOS overlay before a port to
- Dwight> Win95(aka Mac85).
- >> We will embark on both simultaneously. There are drawbacks to
- >> waiting for the completion of either before starting the other.
- >> However, a port to Windows '95 is *much* easier (and less
- >> complicated legally) and will probably finish much sooner than
- >> the drop-in feature.
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- purdymj> Would a native Win95 version inherently run faster than
- purdymj> the DOS version (being that it would be 32bit)
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- Executor/DOS is already 32bit. We use a DOS extender to get a 32bit
- address space. Most likely the native Win95 version will be faster
- for screen access due to Microsoft's new screen access API. Screen
- access speed matters a lot in Executor, too.
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
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