smp@myamiga.UUCP (Steven M. Palm) (06/27/91)
How many of you would like to see Windows in all it's glory on the Amiga?
I had heard before that MicroSoft was going to try and get it running on
every system... :-)
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In article <5338@myamiga.UUCP>, smp@myamiga.UUCP (Steven M. Palm) writes: > How many of you would like to see Windows in all it's glory on the Amiga? > > I had heard before that MicroSoft was going to try and get it running on > every system... :-) Why I'm laughing...Wb2.0 beats Windows just like Amiga beats Vic-20. > > -- > /-----------------+--------------------------+-----------------------------\ > | smp@myamiga.UUCP | myamiga!smp@fps.mcw.edu | rutgers!uwm!fps!myamiga!smp | > \-----------------+--------------------------+-----------------------------/ -- Jarkko Lindblad lindblad@cc.helsinki.fi
es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) (06/28/91)
In article <5338@myamiga.UUCP> smp@myamiga.UUCP (Steven M. Palm) writes: >How many of you would like to see Windows in all it's glory on the Amiga? > >I had heard before that MicroSoft was going to try and get it running on >every system... :-) > I wouldn't mind a library that took MS Windows calls and converted them to AmigaDOS calls, but I think that Windows has a lot of implementing in it that can't be duplicated easily. Anything that will facilitate porting of programs. 8-) -- Ethan FF buckets of bits on the bus, FF buckets of bits. Take one down, Short it to ground, FE buckets of bits on the bus.
gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) (06/28/91)
From article <5338@myamiga.UUCP>, by smp@myamiga.UUCP (Steven M. Palm):
> How many of you would like to see Windows in all it's glory on the Amiga?
Not to be impolite, but... I would rather be forced to eat certain
parts of my anatomy... :)
Windows is a dog, and I don't think that most people want to buy a
3000 to run it at half-speed. :)
Greg
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Quoted from <5338@myamiga.UUCP> by smp@myamiga.UUCP (Steven M. Palm): > How many of you would like to see Windows in all it's glory on the Amiga? If you mean as a series of screen dumps, to be displayed with a slideshow program, fine. :) Otherwise no. > | smp@myamiga.UUCP | myamiga!smp@fps.mcw.edu | rutgers!uwm!fps!myamiga!smp | -- *** John Bickers, TAP, NZAmigaUG. jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz *** *** "Endless variations, make it all seem new" - Devo. ***
nguyent@balboa.eng.uci.edu (Thien Nguyen) (06/29/91)
In article <4913.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz> jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) writes: >Quoted from <5338@myamiga.UUCP> by smp@myamiga.UUCP (Steven M. Palm): >> How many of you would like to see Windows in all it's glory on the Amiga? > > If you mean as a series of screen dumps, to be displayed with a > slideshow program, fine. :) > > Otherwise no. > >> | smp@myamiga.UUCP | myamiga!smp@fps.mcw.edu | rutgers!uwm!fps!myamiga!smp | >-- >*** John Bickers, TAP, NZAmigaUG. jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz *** >*** "Endless variations, make it all seem new" - Devo. *** I wouldn't mind running Windows Applications. I think it will sell some Amigas. There are many good programs on Windows such as Page Maker 4.0, Microsoft Word, etc...