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- From: karsh@sgi.com (Bruce Karsh)
- Subject: Re: Question about Windows NT on SGIs
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- References: <obbk9b4@zuni.esd.sgi.com> <oddomek@fido.asd.sgi.com> <1992Aug10.191023.24447@chpc.utexas.edu>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 04:41:24 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug10.191023.24447@chpc.utexas.edu> apas611@chpc.utexas.edu (David Boles) writes:
-
- >1. NT is single-user. Yes, you read that right. Only one person
- > can be logged on doing work at a time. It can however provide
- > file services to many users (this functionality is not present,
- > but is planned).
- >2. NT supports multiple-processors. In light of (1.) that seems
- > a tad silly.
-
- I think the rallying cry from the early days of microprocessors applies here:
-
- One user, at least one computer.
-
- By the way, does anyone have an attribution for that quote.
-
- >3. NT uses the same interface as Windows 3.1 (The program manager
- > even says "Windows 3.1, NT mode" when it starts up.
-
- Yes. The idea is that NT will run all those really popular Windows 3.0
- applications.
-
- >5. Microsoft has now publically stated that NT will _not_ be compatible
- > with DOS and Windows 3.x apps. They will try to guarantee that the
- > "top 100" DOS and Windows apps run. This incompatibility may be
- > resolved after the initial release.
-
- Sounds like a pretty good plan to me!
-
- >6. Under the current design of the NT task structure, if one Win3 app
- > suffers a fault, it does not bring down the system. However, it does
- > crash _all_ other Win3 apps currently running.
-
- I think this is right for Windows 3.0 emulation. This is pretty much what
- you'd expect since that's how Windows 3.0 works on PC's. But full NT
- applications are coded to the Win32 API, the 32 bit version of the Windows
- API. Win32 apps each have their own protected address space so they
- can fail independently.
-
- >Just thought I'd give people some info that didn't read like an ad.
-
- For those who would like to know more about NT, There has been a lot
- published about NT in the Microsoft Systems Journal and in PC
- Magazine.
-
- My opinion about NT is that if you love Windows 3.0, you will love
- NT. If you simply can not stand Windows 3.0, you probably will not
- like NT. Is there anybody in the middle?
- --
-
- Bruce Karsh
- karsh@sgi.com
-