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- From: cfranz@iiic.ethz.ch (Christian Steffen Ove Franz)
- Subject: Re: RE-MACS COST TOO MUCH (NOT!)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.090011.16239@neptune.inf.ethz.ch>
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- Organization: Dept. Informatik, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
- References: <ewright.714853873@convex.convex.com> <ajross.714890195@husc10> <ewright.714943725@convex.convex.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 09:00:11 GMT
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- In article <ewright.714943725@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
- >In <ajross.714890195@husc10> ajross@husc10.harvard.edu (Andrew Ross) writes:
- >
- >>Multiple screen support and Quicktime are the only
- >>REAL advantages a Mac has.
- >
- >Oh, really? Okay, try this. Sit down at your PC and insert a floppy
- >disk. Now, take that floppy disk labelled "C" and rename it "Weekly
- >Reports, Jan 1992." Create a file on that disk named "Joe's Document
- >(c) 1992" where "(c)" is the copyright symbol, not the letter "c" between
- >two ASCII parentheses. Create an alias that you can click on to launch
- >several programs and documents simultaneously. Record a brief sound and
- >store it in a format that is compatible with the sound-output hardware
- >on any PC. Write an extension to customize the operation and appearance
- >of Microsoft Windows so that when you click on a control the window rolls
- >up like a windowshade.
-
- HA! From what I know about OS/2 the last time I looked, even INSTALLING
- such an extension is quite a challenge (snicker). To write such a beast?
- (Hysterical laughter). Hey, lets drop this subject. Before long, some-
- body will turn up and compare MIPS...
-
- >
- >It's easy to do in Windows. But most PC software still runs under
- >DOS, not Windows, and most DOS programs do not put colors under
- >user control.
- >
-
- Oh, and don't forget to type in those cute command parameters a la
- '-l kbttx.txt -p HIMEM -c ul8er'.
- I'm afraid a PC jock just likes his machine as much as we like ours
- and is likewise blind to its faults (c'mon, Sys7 *is* slow on a SE,
- but it still runs, though).
-
- Cheers,
- Christian
-
-
-
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