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- From: john@abode.ttank.com (John Gibbons)
- Subject: WANTED: Info about Windows NT for new user..
- Reply-To: john@iotm.ttank.com
- Organization: Abode Computer Systems
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 03:57:16 GMT
- Message-ID: <BzDxnG.8qM@abode.ttank.com>
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- Hi,
-
- I have been a happy owner of an Amiga 2000 for several years now and it has
- always served me well. However times are changing and I have been interested
- in moving to a new computer with a new multitasking operating system. Well
- after an initial look at Windows 3.0 (3.1?) I wasn't impressed. Well actually
- I WAS impressed with its look and several other things, but it didn't even
- come close to giving me the multitasking versatility of my Amiga. So I then
- decided to just wait it out and see what comes next.. Well low and behold I
- was given word of windows NT. This (From what I was told) is supposed to be
- a brand spanking (replace dos) operating system. Everything will multitask
- without a hassle and it's faster, blah, blah, blah.. So taking all of this
- into consideration I decided to post this in hope for some verification.
-
- One note. I am aware that Windows NT isn't yet available (or so I was told)
- so I am willing to listen to speculation so long as it is based in fact.
-
- I really only use my Amiga for a few things. Telecommunications, UUCP
- software, Word proccessing, audio sampling, "hacking around", and simple
- programming. Now any computer now a days can do all of this stuff, but I
- virtually designed half of my system. Writting Arexx programs to interlink
- my software together so my terminal software and UUCP software and text
- editors could all talk to each other and act as one program. Also I have
- rewritten a lot of the standard amiga "DOS" commands via Arexx to totally
- customize my system. So the idea of switching to another totally new system
- is scary since I may never be able to make my new system work as easily as
- my old.
-
- So, with that in mind I have a few questions about Windows NT.
-
- One note, I don't want to hear, "Why don't you just upgrade your Amiga".
- I don't want an Amiga anymore, that's why! :-)
-
- 1) Can I simply take ANY program for the pc (commercial or PD) and simply
- run it in this windowed multitasking environment without "setting" anything
- up? With windows I believe you have to set things up just to run a DOS
- program with windows. I want TRUE multitasking without any hassles.
-
- 2) Is there a REXX language interpreter for Windows NT? If not has there
- been any talk of this. (I know I should post to comp.lang.rexx)
-
- 3) Is there a good UUCP/News implementation developed for Windows that is
- either shareware or PD (I'd be interested in commercial ones too but all
- my Amiga stuff is FIRST rate pd)
-
- 4) On the Amiga I can run a program in a window, or I can run a program with
- its own unique "Screen". This screen can have an allowable resolution or
- colors etc. I can at any given time either use the mouse to "drag" one screen
- down and watch another (or several other) screen(s) and their programs and
- use either one or flip screens with mouse gadgets or keyboard commands. This
- to me is much preferable over running everything in a window on one screen.
- This can get very confusing and cluttered. Incidentally I was told that
- windows NT has "Screens" like the Amiga and it is easy to use. (I was also
- told that Windows 3.1 had these too but were more difficult to use).
-
- 5) What about Dos restrictions? Does NT get rid of the memory limits and the
- cheesy 12 character filenames all in upper case? etc.. etc..
-
- 6) Is NT actually faster than 3.1? What other basic improvements have taken
- place.
-
- 7) What are the system requirements? I run an Amiga 2000 at 7.16mhz with 3megs
- of ram and a 40meg hard drive. This does everything I've asked NT to do but
- of course the software base doesn't compare to that of a PC. Not to mention
- that my amiga is a little slow and outdate. What will it take to get a good
- fast NT system going?
-
- 8) Finally can someone email me (note the reply-to: header) any offical
- release info on NT in case I forgot to ask something?
-
-
- Thanks in advance to all who reply, I really appreciate any help I can
- get. For those replying by email note the reply-to: header, send all
- email to john@iotm.ttank.com
-
- Thanks,
-