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From: manning@execpc.com (Steve Manning)
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Subject: Re: k95 native windows update?
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 16:51:34 GMT
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fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) wrote:
>In article <u913eldq2.fsf@worldnet.att.net>,
>Thomas A. Horsley <Tom.Horsley@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>: I see no one has asked for a while when the native windows version of k95
>: will show up, so I figured I'd go ahead and take the plunge this time :-).
>:
>Not to pick nits, but K95 has always been a 100% native 32-bit Windows 95
>and NT application. The fact that it runs in a console window does not mean
>it is not native. If it was not a native application, it would not run in
>multiple threads, use 32-bit Winsock, understand long filenames, access the
>system through 32-bit APIs and drivers, etc.
>
>So to be precise, we are talking about the conversion of an already fully
>native console program to a full-GUI (graphical user interface) application
>of the sort that most Windows users expect to see.
>
>: I dimly recall that March was once mentioned as a possible time frame,
>: and since March has just about run out, I thought I'd ask how its going.
>:
>: So: Hows it going?
>To answer your question -- it doesn't look as if it will be ready in March,
>or even April. Given the incredible number of roadblocks we run into at
>every turn, we have given up on setting tentative release dates. But yes,
>we are working on it full time, and the end is in sight.
>
>- Frank
I'll confess to raging curiosity as to how the GUI product is coming
along since this was posted in late March. Any *brief* updates you'd
care to share with us, Frank?
Steve Manning
Mega Marts
Milwaukee, WI