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- From: dmb@case.ai.mit.edu (David Baggett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: ST Upgrading
- Date: 7 Jan 1993 06:10:11 GMT
- Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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- In article <1993Jan7.010122.26609@eskimo.com> gregs@eskimo.com (Greg Sumner) writes:
- >csullogg@cc4.crl.aecl.ca writes:
- >>Question: Why did Windows only become popular recently?
- >>Answer: Until recently, no PC was fast enough to run it effectively.
- >
- >On a similar note, I read a message a while back (I forget from whom)
- >about a text editor for the PC that ran "considerably faster" than
- >Tempus.
- >
- >This may be true, but only because the hardware was upgraded at a
- >considerable expense.
-
- Actually, no. Epsilon Emacs runs considerably faster than Tempus on a
- lowly 286/12, which is probably as slow as (of not slower than) the
- 8Mhz 68000 in the ST. Epsilon is also programmable in C, lets you edit
- multi-megabyte files quickly and easily, and just generally impresses
- the hell out of me. It's a programming marvel -- proof that even
- Intel-clone sellouts can write kick-butt code. (And you thought they
- were all mindless drones, didn't you?)
-
- Faster than Tempus on a 286/12, yup. But you should see it run on a
- 486/33!
-
- :)
-
- >...286...
- >Did it do everything you needed it to do? Pretty much. So why do you
- >now need a minimum 4 megs, windows, and a large hard disk just to have
- >a system that will run the standard software?
- >
- >Microsoft is why.
-
- Oh please. MACH requires a lot more than that; are you going to blame
- CMU for "forcing people to get more hardware?" The 286 won't run any
- real operating systems (unless you count Xenix) because the chip isn't
- capable of doing virutal memory without massive hackery.
-
- If you don't like Windows, DON'T RUN IT. I never use Windows. I hate
- it. If I wanted a GUI I'd use a Mac; at least they have a decent one.
- PC software that supports Windows always comes with a DOS interface
- too. You don't HAVE to have Windows.
-
- >Why don't they build better software and quit relying on faster hardware?
-
- Epsilon is an example of this better software. Boycott Microsoft if
- you don't like them, but don't take your hatred of them out on the
- Intel machines themselves.
-
- Dave Baggett
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