NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #30/NN_1992_30.iso/spool/comp/os/mswindo/misc/5645

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From: [e-mail] (Vassilo Walluschnig)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Windows NT
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Date: 20 Dec 92 03:51:11 GMT
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Hi All,

  Okay, I got a question for all those people "in the know" about
  Windows NT. What would happen while running NT on a RISC machine, say
  the DEC Alpha, and running a DOS application in NT, and that DOS
  application makes a direct call to the video card? How would NT go
  about handling such a situation? Would it hang the application
  or would NT come back saying that it cannot run the program and
  promptly shuts the application down?

  Surely the video card on the RISC machine is not the same as those
  on the Intel machines? Or have I missed something?

  Thanks in advance for any replies to these questions.

Vassilo Walluschnig.

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