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Article #484Re: Can you do graphics in OS/2 without using PM?
From: Toni M. Hutto
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 1990 23:20
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 1990 23:20
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In article <5351@helios.ee.lbl.gov> kushner@ux3.lbl.gov (Gary Kushner) writes: > >I don't know that much aboud VCPI, but from what I've read, >it isn't very good technically. There is no intertask protection. >If one task crashes, it can bring the whole system down. >This seems to be to be unacceptable to either OS/2 or windows 3.0. > >-Gary Why did Lotus go the way of VCPI? And WHY _can't_ Windows or OS/2 support it. I suppose I don't mind waiting around for Lotus 123/G, but I need to also run version 3.0... Having 6 or 7 config.sys files right now is driving me bonkers. . . not to mention my computer from being rebooted as I go from program to program. I'm about ready to abandon windows for DESQview--if, IF it ever shows up and IF it works with apps. -- =================================================== tmh@uncecs ......................................................................... Toni M. Hutto, Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, NC
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!mephisto!mcnc!ecsgate!ecsvax!tmh From: tmh@uncecs.edu (Toni M. Hutto) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2 Subject: Re: Can you do graphics in OS/2 without using PM? Message-ID: <1990Apr13.232051.6829@uncecs.edu> Date: 13 Apr 90 23:20:51 GMT References: <28236@cup.portal.com> <1990Mar25.014347.25497@caen.engin.umich.edu> <260F69C5.3FD6@tct.uucp> <3717@rtifs1.UUCP> <53953@microsoft.UUCP> <28655@cup.portal.com> <5351@helios.ee.lbl.gov> Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service Lines: 24