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From: 91_bickingd@GAR.UNION.EDU ("Bicking, David")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Windows on Amiga...
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Date: 22 Nov 90 03:51:00 GMT
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>From: JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT)
>Subject: Re: Windows for Amiga?? Maybe!!
>Date: 22 Nov 90 02:49:39 GMT
>Organization: Penn State University
 
>Clarification:  Windows need not LOOK like MS-DOS windows.  You could
>have the same calls as MS-DOS windows, but the machine-specific routines
>would open Mac-looking windows on Mac and WorkBench-looking windows on
>Amiga.  Therefore, Windows need not sacrifice the "Look and Feel" of
>any platform it is ported to.
> 
>A friend (credit to IMS103@PSUVM) suggested that the Amiga version
>be in the form of a "windows.lib", similar to the arp.lib.  Would
>this not work?

	Do you realize you are talking about what is essentially an operating
system?  Do you realise it takes GOBS of memory to run Windows?  Do you realize
you are talking about having the equivalent of a SECOND Kickstart layered on
top of the current one, but in RAM? 

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