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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Why is DOS limited to 640K?
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Date: 18 Oct 89 00:40:36 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Oct 17 09:35:00 1989


	>Because you can't bypass the software, you can't realize the
>speed increases by bypassing it, so nobody really notices how slow the
>machine actually is because there's no basis of comparison. Or something
>like that.

This refers to MAC's - not PC's.  You CAN bypass it, on a given
machine. And when you do, you find that for most (but not all)
purposes the supplied software is quite good. It is NOT by any
stretch of tha imagination a botch. It is better than anything
IBM has given us. Apparently IBM actually LIKES slow graphics,
in order to sell fast computers.

AS to reverse video - for a mono screen, reverse it with HARDWARE - 
i.e. an inverting amplifier in line between the computer and
the monitor - oops, a good argument for separate monitors!

Doug MCDonald.