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Re: Let's get System 7.x on top!
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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