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- From: stheno.enst.fr!elendir@overmind.mind.org
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- Subject: Re: The new Multi-TOS ....
- Message-ID: <2177336@overmind.citadel>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 16:56:00 GMT
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- > 1) I'd like to see more (perhaps dynamically resizable from .cpx)
- > windows on the desktop.
-
- Unlimited windows on the new Desktop.
-
- > 2) More usuable colors for icons! Lets make the desktop at _least_ as
- > good as what you seen in a piddly Windows desktop. Resolution should be
- > limiting factor with max being 256colors if having as many colors as the
- > resolution allows causes problems for structure.
-
- I think this is currently worked on.
-
- > 3) A ram-based jump table for bios routines to facilitate (unavoidable)
- > patches. As someone pointed out, it is ridiculous for so many programs to
- all
- > fight over one or two interrupts.
-
- ? I dunno about that.
-
- > 4) Get rid of the 8.3 name limit. 24 chars, or if you wish to keep the
- > .3 for compatibility reasons how about 21.3 structure?
-
- That's done via MinT's file systems.
-
- > 5) Either get rid of the limitation on the number of unique icons
- > usable, or increase the number of unique icons usable if eliminating the
- limit
- > is impossible.
-
- New Desktop can handle up to 32 Kb of data in his buffer instead of the
- previous 2 Kb limit.
-
- > 6) Software support for 2.88MB floppies (Last I heard, there isn't a
- > greyed out option for 2.88), and the possibility of swapping a: from the
- > floppy bay to a specified SCSI ID (such as for one of the new 20MB
- flopticals).
-
- Doesn't heard about that.
-
- Vince.
-