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From: root@zswamp.fidonet.org (Geoffrey Welsh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: DesTerm 2.00
Message-ID: <6582.277D75D9@zswamp.fidonet.org>
Date: 29 Dec 90 20:50:57 GMT
Organization: Izot's Swamp BBS - Kitchener, Ontario
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 >From: treesh@bach.helios.nd.edu

 >YES!  A Lt Kernal version of the Des Term program would be 
 >just super great!

   As previously mentioned, Matt is working on it... but there are no promises 
and no guarantees!

 >I love my Lt Kernal Drive, but my only complaint about it is 
 >that most software
 >develpers are afraid of the darn thing, and thus usualy will 
 >alaways say..
 > 
 >   'Im sorry, but its not my faulght the software wont run 
 >on your system its that damn lt kernal dos.'  

   You can hardly expect software authors to buy all of the third party hardware 
out there and spend the time to make sure they're compatible with it.  Even 
ignoring the fact that the code would have to be huge to take into account every 
likely configuration, the balance of money and time spent vs. increased revenues 
is not good at all.

 >Im still scared to death of stuff like Jiffy Dos, or 
 >anything that alters the root opperating system of the 64/128. 

   That's another thing that Matt is trying to maintain compatibility with.
 




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