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- From: lup@cs.uiuc.edu (Lee Lup Yuen)
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- Subject: [comp.os.misc] MGR window system for PC-Choices available
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- Date: 30 Jul 1992 09:11:59 GMT
- Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
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- Archive-name: auto/comp.os.misc/MGR-window-system-for-PC-Choices-available
-
- I have ported Stephen Uhler's MGR windowing system to the
- PC-Choices object-oriented operating system and I have made
- the port available through anonymous ftp. (In case
- you haven't heard about PC-Choices, it's the least-hassle
- protected-mode operating system for 386/486 PCs that you
- can get for free; finger pcc@cs.uiuc.edu for details.)
-
- The port is somewhat unstable and buggy (if you use it long
- enough) but it's a good start. I shall be leaving the PC-Choices
- project soon and I think it's a waste to abandon the MGR port,
- so if anyone would like to take over the PC-Choices version
- of MGR (or any other interesting projects of mine), I would be
- very happy. Here's more info about MGR for PC-Choices:
-
- What is MGR/Choices
-
- MGR is a graphical windowing system by Stephen A. Uhler of Bellcore.
- MGR/Choices is a port of the MGR windowing system for PC-Choices.
- Multiple windows may be opened to start multiple invocations of
- the PC-Choices shell. Most PC-Choices text applications will
- run properly under MGR/Choices. The MGR/Choices package contains
- several sample graphical applications. The windowing system
- runs in the 640x480 monochrome VGA display mode.
-
- System requirements
-
- Same as PC-Choices, with 4 Meg additional disk space; 4 Meg of
- extended memory; Microsoft, Logitech, IBM PS/2 or compatible mouse;
- VGA display. Version 0.5c of the PC-Choices kernel and application
- binaries is required.
-
- How to get PC-Choices
-
- ftp to choices.cs.uiuc.edu (128.174.240.21) and log in as
- 'anonymous'. Go to the directory PC-Choices and fetch
- the files pccmgr.zip and pccmgr.doc in binary mode. Follow the
- instructions in pccmgr.doc. If there are problems, please
- contact Lup at lup@cs.uiuc.edu.
-
- Coming soon (probably at OOPSLA '92): The PC-Choices object-oriented
- file system that runs on hard disks and floppy disks formatted
- with DOS or BSD UNIX, and allows you to mount DOS file systems
- into a BSD file system and vice versa.
-
- Lup
- lup@cs.uiuc.edu Graduate Student PC-Choices Manager
-
-