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- From: uwek@nyi.ifi.uio.no (Uwe Sigurd Valentin Kubosch)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: PowerAmiga & NT
- Date: 20 Mar 1996 12:25:03 +0100
- Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway
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- >
- > I know this has probably been discussed before but I would like to see some
- > concise comments on the following:
-
- > Will the new PowerAmiga be able to run WindowsNT?
- > ------------------------------------------------
- > I have heard it said that Windows95 is to be considered as a stepping stone
- > to NT; that NT is not too bad an OS; that with the monopoly of the OS scene
- > by Microsoft that major software house will be migrating to NT (eg OS/2
- > being discontinued!)??
-
- Probably not. Until the PowerAmiga is PPCP, I doubt NT will be
- ported. It COULD be though...
-
- > If the PA can, will it be in a window (like shapeshifter)?
- > ---------------------------------------------------------
- > Please excuse me if this is a dumb question. I've heard the NT handles
- > multiple OS's quite well, but I'm unsure how this fits together on one
- > machine?
- >
- > Is it realistic to think that if the PA will run NT _and_ native Amiga
- > software, that Amiga's will work their way into the professional realm
- > again?
-
- Shapeshifter does in fact not run an OS diretly, but emulates a
- Macintosh, which in turn runs the System7 OS. If NT is ported to
- Amiga, you boot with that, instead of AmigaOS.
-
- Alternatively, if NT is ported to Macintosh, you can run
- Shapeshifter and run NT in a window there...
-
- Anyone, correct me please.
-
-
- donV
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