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- Subject: Re: OS/2 Win3.1 support *better* than MS!
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.055458.28607@actrix.gen.nz>
- From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 05:54:58 GMT
- Sender: Steve.Withers@actrix.gen.nz (Steve Withers)
- References: <1992Aug27.122649.21603@actrix.gen.nz> <ignacij.714930723@meishan.animal.uiuc.edu> <1002@engcon.marshall.ltv.com>
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- In article <1002@engcon.marshall.ltv.com> rodgers@engcon.UUCP (KMRODGERS) writes:
- > In article <ignacij.714930723@meishan.animal.uiuc.edu> ignacij@meishan.animal.uiuc.edu (Ignacy Misztal) writes:
- > |>I am finding more and more good Windows applications
- > |>that are using the enhanced mode. Therefore they don't work under
- > |>OS/2. Windows under OS/2 is thus useless for me.
- > |>It would run neither Mathematica nor Framaker + many other good packages.
- > |>Is it possible to write a large Windows application without
- > |>resorting to the enhanced mode? If so, I would suspect that many
- > |>current Windows developers will try to make their packages run well
- > |>under the OS/2 Windows.
- >
- > Keep in mind, not all apps that require Windows 386 mode are incompatible
- > with OS/2. Only those which use the "DLL from hell", WINMEM32.DLL, cannot
- > be used under OS/2. Yes, that includes some very nice applications, but
- > certainly not all of the Win386 mode apps.
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- I hope someone will correct me if I am wrong.....but I am told that Windows NT
- won't run these programs either - and for the same reason: they respresent an
- integrity exposure........
-
- Steve
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