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- From: jdickins@mcs213i.cs.umr.edu (James Dickinson)
- Subject: Re: Opinion: What IBM should change in OS/2
- References: <19930104.100300.334@almaden.ibm.com> <LZ11wB2w165w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca> <1993Jan8.163213.25964@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 05:13:19 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan8.163213.25964@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
- >In article <LZ11wB2w165w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca> frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca writes:
- >>About the only the I liked about Windows was that the Program Manager
- >>blanked the screen after a certain period of keyboard and mouse
- >>inactivity -- pressing any key or even just moving the mouse would
- >>restore the screen.
- >>
- >>Gawd, I wish WPS did that!
-
- One good thing about NT is that it does just this, even while under a full
- screen dos program. Sorry about the lack of OS/2, but I thought that I had to
- put in my .02 cents in.
-
- >The closest thing WPS gets to this is Lockup. But you need to type a
- >password to unlock the display.
- >
- >
- >--
- > |) David Charlap | .signature confiscated by FBI due to
- > /|_ dic5340@hertz.njit.edu | an ongoing investigation into the
- >((|,) | source of these .signature virusses
- > ~|~
- Jim
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