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From: dolson@hppad.HP.COM (David Dolson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Windows for Amiga?? Maybe!!
Message-ID: <2220001@hppad.HP.COM>
Date: 22 Nov 90 20:36:35 GMT
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Organization: HP Panacom Automation Div Waterloo, Ont.
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You want a standard window system?

Consider XWindows... A really powerfull standard.  You can get generic
C source code for the X server from MIT fairly cheap.  You fill in the
low-level graphics an OS routines yourself.

But... It's huge.  It probably takes most of a MEG to run if you include
all of the features.  It might run fairly slow depending on how well you
can wedge in the Amiga hardware.

What's the advantage?  Almost all new graphics software written for
Un*x uses X ( as well as being written in C).  Source code compatibility
is something to be valued.

If you want then, you can run SoftPC (simulate a PC) under X, on which
you can then run Microsoft windows. :-}

A note on standards:  Even if your standard doesn't allow for all the
bells and whistles the Amiga has to offer, wouldn't you rather be able
to run an application with "standard" graphics than not at all?

Just some thoughts...

D.D.