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Re: FW: Let's get System 7.x on top!
>> 1) IFS--Windows 95 and NT 4.0 (Not sure about 3.51) use an
>> Installable File System. This was, ALL programs can read from Mac
disks.
>I'll fill in some of the OS/2 holes. :-) This would apply as well to
>OS/2, since it also uses installable filesystems.
In a previous post I mentioned that OS/2's current IFS system cannot
support
Mac volumes because disk info on HFS isn't where it's expected by this old
IFS
design. The good news is that OS2 PowerPC edition does use a completely
new
and cool IFS system developed with Sun... who knows where we'll see that
IFS
system on Intel, though.
>> 4) Cut & Paste -- You'll beable to share information via the Clipboard
>> with Mac and PC programs.
>Ditto. OS/2 shares the clipboard between its own native programs and
>(optionally) with Win16 programs as well.
Yep.
>> 5) Fonts -- Windows and OS/2 support True Type Fonts.
>Actually, OS/2 only supports TrueType in Windows sessions -- native PM
>programs use Adobe Type 1 fonts. Rumor has it that the next version of
>OS/2 (aka "Merlin") will support TrueType, but it's not certain.
This is extremely likely as at least one internation version of Warp
(Chinese I
think) already supports TrueType fonts in PM. Also, OS/2 PowerPC supports
TrueType in PM.
>> 6) Control Panels -- The way Windows uses control panels is this. A
>> singe CPL file can represent many different applets. ARDI can make
>> a CPL file that searches for Mac control panels and then displays icons
>> for those, making settings for both the PC and Mac work together
>> seamlessly.
>OS/2 doesn't have a control panel per se, but it uses a number of WPS
>object classes for configuration purposes. It's a little different,
>and I think would serve the purpose well. In fact, were one to be
>extremely optimistic about the porting effort <g>, bits of Executor
>could even be implemented as WPS objects. :-)
How about as a system service on the IBM Microkernel? That would be
truly cool... Mac apps, Win apps, DOS apps & OS2 apps all on one desktop.
>> 8) Same Desktop -- All programs can run on the same desktop. Windows,
>> OS/2, and Mac (Especally true with OS/2 for Windows or OS/2 with
>> Windows)
>Yes. Being able to run GraphicConvertor 2.4 in a seamless manner here
>on the OS/2 desktop would be REALLY neat!!! :-)
Amen! Same with SuperPaint 3.5!
>> 9) DirectX. Video/Sound/Networking are all much **FASTER** when using
>> these APIs, thus improving preformance to or above a DOS machine with
>> the same hardware.
>You bet. The Warp equivelents are DIVE/ENDIVE.
Yep.
>> 10) Virtual Memory -- Executor currently has the limit of NO virtual
>> memory. Win95 has an dynamic swap file that grows/shrinks with use.
>> Executor can report the maxinum amount of memory a 68040 (and in
>> the future, PPC) can handle, and thus no memory problems.
>My Warp setup has a LOT of virtual memory (I have a dedicated 1GB
>partition devoted to it, and the "GB" above isn't a typo <VBSEG>).
1GB? Geez, and I thought I was bad with 250MB.
>And to say Win95 runs on top of DOS. You don't know much about the
>system your insulting do you?
No comment.
Ed Deans
TeamOS2
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