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In article <1992Nov10.144142.27891@dvorak.amd.com>  
rpomeroy@aunext3.amd.com (Ron Pomeroy x(Coop)) writes:
> In article <jonathan.721383969@author.ecn.purdue.edu>  
> jonathan@author.ecn.purdue.edu (Jonathan L Neuenschwander) writes:
> >>I recently picked up the November issue of UnixWorld, and was  
pleasantly
> >>surprised by the optimistic and upbeat review of NextStep 3.0.  It is  
in the
> >>"Product of the Month" column even!  Nice change from the general  
NeXT-had-
> >>some-good-ideas-too-bad-they're-doomed fare I'm used to seeing.
> >>
> >>One thing in the article did catch me by surprise though.  In the  
first 
> >>column, fourth paragraph, in reference to NeXTStep486 it states;
> >>
> >>"Next [They don't seem to like the caps in NeXT.  Oh, well.] also says  
that
> >>the version will let users run multiple Microsoft Windows and DOS  
sessions
> >>inside Nextstep windows."
> >>
> >>Now the last time I saw the FAQ relating to NeXTStep486, it said that  
there
> >>wouldn't be any support for for DOS/Windows initially, something I  
always
> >>viewed as being a potentially fatal flaw.  So did UnixWorld mess up,  
or WILL 
> >>it be possible to run DOS/Windows?
> 
> The keyword here is *WILL* - as in the future.  And yes...it WILL allow  
this  
> capability - some day :-)  Journalists - tricky bunch 'a folks you know.
> 
> --
> Ronald Pomeroy - Smalltalk/NeXT psuedo neophyte
> Advanced Micro Devices
> CAM Applications Group
> rpomeroy@aunext1.amd.com (NeXTmail preferred)


YES NeXTSTEP 486 will run DOS/Windows 3.1 apps.  Yes this is from NeXT not  
Insignia.  No they will not be rootless initally and by the end of 93 NS  
486 will run Win32/NT apps.  The question they haven't answered is whether  
or not it will be standard or an option.  I for one don't care if it is an  
option or not.

This information comes from Bob Lawton's demo of NS486 at the Sep. BaNG  
meeting and an info sheet put out by NeXT.  If I have mis-remembered  
anything please feel free to correct me.

P.S.  I dream that if I have to program in DOS/Windows that I will do it  
w/ Borland's C++ under NeXTSTEP.  The irony is too much to resist.

--
-Mont

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   President CP-NUG (Cal Poly NeXT User Group)
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