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- From: joewald@crl.com (Joseph Waldvogel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AT Surfer Package
- Date: 7 Feb 1996 01:09:16 GMT
- Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access
- Message-ID: <1632.6609T1221T2739@crl.com>
- References: <9602051950.AA0041j@hectortd.demon.co.uk>
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- >George Sanderson (aissande@kraken.itc.gu.edu.au) wrote:
- >> Brian Skreeg <oz@ozzy.demon.co.uk> writes:
- >>
- >> : Sad news this. This is one step closer to incorporating MUI into the
- >> : OS.
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- >[snip]
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- >> I shake my head reading your thoughts... The only way to upgrade AmigaOS
- >> would be to write something similar to MUI. Why bother? Someone else
- >> has written it, so why not use it ? The days of 40 meg hard disks and
- >> using primitive GUI via gadtools.library should be long over.
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- >Because MUI is a big drain on system resources.
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- >> btw, download MUI 3.2 from Aminet and then tell me that it's "bloated".
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- >It's bloated, even 3.2 which is the most improved version so far.
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- >Answer this, why is it that I can run Grapevine and AmiFTP quite
- >happily and have memory to spare, but if I do the same with AmIRC and
- >AmFTP (which are both great programs) I'm scraping the depths of my
- >10MB of memory?
-
- Gezzz, 10 Megs of RAM Yet your running out? I have 10 Megs, Yet I have No
- Problems running a couple AmIRC, AmFTP, IBrowse, or AMosiac, all at ONCE,
- while I also have THOR going. I still have RAM to spare, Not to mention all
- the programs that loadup at bootup. Also Add AmiTCP and SlipCall.
- I sure don't know what Copys of the MUI programs your running. I have all
- this running on my 030/50Mzh system on a MultiScan Productivity Overscane
- Screen Mode with No problems. I don't run anything over 128 Colors though.
- 256 Colors on ANY Screen is just not responsive, Including Workbench it's self
- I keep AMosiac, IBrowse, Ect at 128 Colors, AmFTP and AmIRC at like 16 colors
- which is just fine, Keeps everything FAST!
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