frank.battiston@canrem.uucp (frank battiston) (01/29/91)
In article <91025.222009#QUCDN.QueensU.CA>, LAIH@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (Hubert Lai) writes
HL>Thankfully (and
HL>unlike Excel for PM), Word for PM is a multi-threaded application and
HL>is FAST.
Hubert, how do you know it's mulithreaded? I understand Word for OS/2 still
shows the #!#!@%#$! hourglass when printing. Where are the OS/2-specific
features obvious?
I read that background printing (i.e. hitting CTRL-ESC while the print
job is in progress) is better under Word for OS/2 in that it doesn't bring
the rest of the system down to a crawl like Word for Windows. However,
I'd have to say that such a feature is more of a compliment to the OS/2's
ability to handle multi-tasking than it is a feature of Word for OS/2.
Just curious,
Frank
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NorthAmeriNet Hostbaer@uwovax.uwo.ca (01/31/91)
The Canadian tech. support people don't seem to be able to provide me with details about Word for OS/2. Does anyone know what level of OS/2 is required to run it (i.e., will it run under 1.1, or does it require 1.2)? Douglas Baer, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada N6A 5C2 Internet: BAER@UWO.CA Bitnet: BAER@UWOVAX
lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) (01/31/91)
According to Byte, Jan. '91 Short Takes: Word for OS/2 OS/2 1.21 or higher Microsoft Corp. (206) 882-8080 I encourage you to get OS/2 1.3 regardless... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kyler Laird I'm the NRA/NRA-ILA lairdkb@mentor.purdue.edu
Hubert Lai <LAIH@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> (02/04/91)
In article <1991Jan29.1480.199@canrem.uucp>, frank.battiston@canrem.uucp (frank battiston) says: > >In article <91025.222009#QUCDN.QueensU.CA>, LAIH@QUCDN.QueensU.CA (Hubert Lai) >writes > >Hubert, how do you know it's mulithreaded? I understand Word for OS/2 still >shows the #!#!@%#$! hourglass when printing. Where are the OS/2-specific >features obvious? My information comes by way of Byte. Since I am commited to a Windows platform until OS/2 2.0 is released, I've had no burning need of my own to confirm this information with Microsoft or to obtain the PM version of Word. I've always found Byte to be fairly accurate, so in the absence of evidence to the contrary, I generally believe what I read there. If you *do* happen to have concrete information to the contrary, I would be most interested in hearing of it, since I will be moving to OS/2 eventually. <=- Hubert