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- Subject: Re: SoftPC and NeXTSTEP 3.0
- Message-ID: <SCOTT.92Aug27125735@nic.gac.edu>
- From: scott@nic.gac.edu (Scott Hess)
- Date: 27 Aug 92 12:57:35
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- In-reply-to: john@wpa.com's message of Tue, 25 Aug 1992 21:21:25 GMTLines: 23
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- In article <1992Aug25.212125.6227@wpa.com>,
- john@wpa.com (John Bartley) writes:
- >There have been previous reports that 3.0 would have some new
- >capabilities that would allow certain apps (such as SoftPC) to
- >handle direct screen writes (or whatever the appropriate technical
- >term is :-) much faster than is currently possible under 2.1.
-
- I've heard this at various times, too. What's the scoop? Is this
- possible? Can _I_ do it, or do just large companies able to
- wine/dine get access to this? In other words - is this documented,
- or slimey?
-
- [I know, I know, "We do not recommend that you do this due to
- portability concerns". Point? I seem to have awful good luck
- being non-portable even when I do follow the blessed API, so I
- don't see having to go out of my way to be non-portable being all
- that problematic :-).]
-
- Later,
- --
- scott hess <shess@ssesco.com> <Who achieved programmer nirvana on Aug 11th>
- 12901 Upton Avenue South, #326 Burnsville, MN 55337 (612) 895-1208 Anytime!
- <Text: One Class to bring them all and in the darkness bind them ...>
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