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- From: joewald@crl.com (Joseph Waldvogel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Is MUI Switchable?
- Date: 3 Feb 1996 03:39:08 GMT
- Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access
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- >Since moving my office, I don't have the MUI info (FAQ) at my immediate
- >disposal. My question is as follows:
-
- >Is MUI switchable in the sense that it can be started and shut-down from
- >AmigaDOS/Workbench?
-
- MUI only get's used with a program NEED it. As long as you let MUI do the
- Installation, and ass the correct Assigns, You don't need to do anything, Load
- up AmFTP, Amoaisc, Voyager, whatever and MUI as just there. If your not using
- something that need MUI, its not there, you system is not going to slow down
- any.
-
- >I ask this because I'm in (desperate) need of a web browser but not to
- >the point of interfering with existing applications running under 2.1
- >(A2000 and A3000) or 3.0 (A4000). So far, AWeb seems like the best
- >(only) solution for my current requirements (until newer versions of
- >productivity software, e.g. ProPage, ADPro, T-Rexx, Scala, DPaint, SBase,
- >Studio16, etc., fully support 3.1 and/or MUI). [wishful thinking]
-
- >However, since AT has apparently adopted MUI for their browser
- >package(s), I'd like to know how MUI is integrated into the system...
-
- >1. I understand that MUI requires 3.1 and that 3.1 requires a new ROM.
- > Could I install the 3.1 ROM and merely ADD a new bootable partition
- > for 3.1 and still revert back to 3.0 under the 3.1 ROM?
-
- MUI Only requires AmigaOS 2.0 or higher! Of course MUI will take advantageof
- 3.0 or Higher.
-
-
- > I need this capability as much of my productivity relies on applications
- > which don't seem to run well under 3.1, according to reports read here.
-
- Really? what software is that, Must be some really OLD Crappy software! Most
- ALL Utilitie software works without problems, there are some minor problems
- with GAMES. 3.0. or 3.1 is pretty much the same. If your running crap from
- back in the OS 1.2 or 1.3 Days, you may have some problems.
-
-
- >2. Does MUI automatically boot with 3.1 or would I need a separate
- > (bootable) partition to run 3.1 without any MUI "fingerprints"?
-
- MUI is not Part of 3.1. MUI is going to be Included with commodores Surfer
- Package, thats IT, or if you get it on your Own. It'll work if you have MUI
- Installed Correctly, with the Assigns it would add to your user-startup file.
-
- >3. Does anyone know whether Gold Disk will resume Amiga development or is
- > there a list of current/pending and never-to-be-seen-again developers?
-
- > David "Hopes that AWeb is happy with 3.0!" Waters
-
- AWEB works FINE with 3.0! There's not much differance from 3.0 to 3.1. The
- MAIN reson why all the Web Browsers out so far require OS 3.0 or Higher is
- because it's the first OS version that supports Datatypes, and of course
- Datatypes are needed for the Graphic's and stuff for the Browser.
-
- It's just easyer then just RE-Inventing GIF, JPEG, PNG Etc viewers for a Web
- Browser, when the stuff is already part of OS 3.0 to use. Using Datatypes you
- keep your program Smaller, Less Programming to do, and your program just gets
- better when a New Datatype is Released. Hell I have Datatypes for everything
- I could posibley want, or NEED, Many I have YET to even use, but just in case,
- you never know.
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