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- Jim Beck (JimBT200@msn.com) wrote:
- : Without trying to belittle the sender, I need to point out that the
- : differences between running on DOS and in a native 32bit environment like
- : Win95/NT/OS/2 are so vast as to stagger the reader when a comment like this
- : one is made. The Win95 installed user base is growing at an astronomical
- : rate. A true Win95 (and I do hope also an OS/2) native port will allow
- : features and abilities well beyond the current ones and will be a MAJOR factor
- : in the impulse purchase buying of the general public. And from there, it will
- : be a shorter (although still arduous) task to enable the nativeMacOS
- : functionality. ARDI has great vision, true commitment, and is headed in the
- : right direction. I would not have written this except that I think ARDI from
- : time to time needs to receive encouragement for their vision as well as their
- : products.
-
- Well not to burst your bubble either but heres a couple of truths about
- windows'95.
-
- 1. MS-DOS is still very much a part of Win95. MS-DOS 7 boots and unless
- you have bootgui=0 in your MSDOS.SYS file then win is auto-started.
- There is no MS-DOS emulation, its just a shell of MS-DOS 7.0 which
- is already running.
-
- 2. Win'95 still uses lots of 16-bit code. Try running win'95 on a p6
- and you'll see what i mean.
-
- 3. Win'95 is really just a supped up Win 3.11 + Win32s.
-
- To stay on subject i'd just like to say that i personally agree with the
- idea of making a macOS compatable version of Executor first. Or maybe
- one where we can just use the CPU emulation and true mac roms (if thats
- possible) which would be slow. I'd just like to be able to run System
- 6.0.7 or something.. The main thing that Win95 has to offer is that all
- devices and the GUI are already done, but since ARDI must also back other
- OSes like Linux and DOS that wont gain them much.
-
- Thats my $0.02.
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