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- From: dab6@po.CWRU.Edu (Douglas A. Bell)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Enhanced Mode???
- Date: 6 Jan 1993 20:36:29 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <pathak-060193141933@virtual.mitre.org> <1993Jan2.183949.21569@midway.uchicago.edu> <1993Jan4.194707.3242@lmt.mn.org> <1993Jan6.035012.16365@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- In a previous article, pathak@mitre.org (Heeren Pathak) says:
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- >> I didn't think it was possible, but I'm mighty impressed. Chalk one
- >> up for OS/2 here, folks -- NT can't do enhanced mode.
- >>
- >
- >But Tim, NT doesn't have to do enchanced mode since it directly supports
- >the Windows API (or at least the Win32 API).
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- Doesn't have to? Computers don't have to run, but people kind of expect
- it of them. ;-)
-
- But really, windows NT won't be able to run all the windows programs that
- refuse to run if they think windows is running in standard mode as it
- currently stands. Supporting the win32 api won't make these programs run.
- (e.g. mathematica for windows, fractint for windows, fractal paint)
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