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From: bkuo@girtab.usc.edu (Benjamin Kuo)
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Subject: Re: Mac running Windows was(Re: Will SoftPC ever emulate VGA)
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Date: 15 Mar 91 06:52:06 GMT
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I've been playing with Windows 3.0 for awhile, and I'd also tend to believe
most users have NOT installed it, particularly if you look at the memory
requirements. Running on a 386, it's not too bad (besides the lack of
"real" Windows applications), but on anything without LOTS of extended, as
well as expanded memory, it tends to be ineffective and inefficient.

The amusing thing is reading through the Windows 3.0 manual, and check out
the four different modes it can/will run in, the interesting twists on the
Mac interface, and the features found. The manual, if read side-by-side with
the Macintosh manuals, is almost section-by-section, paragraph-by-paragraph,
identical. I.E. the manual covers the "Desktop" (well, Windows) metaphor,
using the mouse to point and click, and moving/hiding/closing windows.

It's exactly down the Mac interface line, except the programmers had to cope
with a great deal of variety in MS/DOS systems (processors, particularly), so
beyond the pretty simple front pages there's a nasty appendix describing how
to configure it for the '86, '88, '286, '386 processors, and variations
with memory (normal 640K, extended, expanded, protected mode with 386, etc.)

Benjamin Kuo