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id m0u9MXt-0007rua; Tue, 16 Apr 96 20:00 MDT Sender: owner-executor Received: by ftp.ardi.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0u9MGu-0007rsC; Tue, 16 Apr 96 19:43 MDT Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-msmail-priority: Normal Received: from #dan_g (min-mn7-16.ix.netcom.com [205.186.81.48]) by dfw-ix12.ix.netcom.com (8.6.13/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA28165 for <executor@ardi.com>; Tue, 16 Apr 1996 18:41:55 -0700 Mime-version: 1.0 X-priority: 3 Message-id: <199604170141.SAA28165@dfw-ix12.ix.netcom.com> Subject: FW: Let's get System 7.x on top! X-mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail To: "executor@ardi.com" <executor@ardi.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 20:41:44 -0500 From: "Dan Guisinger" <dan_g@ix.netcom.com> Sender: owner-executor@ardi.com Precedence: bulk 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. 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. 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) 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 of emulated DOS and BIOS calls. The only time your using True DOS 7.0 is when you boot **to** DOS! 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