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In article <SOWA.92Sep24112714@amdew.llnl.gov> sowa@amdew.llnl.gov  
(Erik C. Sowa) writes:
> jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras) writes:
> : In article <2069@ltb.ltb.bso.nl> wierda@ltb.ltb.bso.nl (Gerben  
Wierda) writes:
> : > NeXT plans to have Windows compatibility in NS486. 
> : Do you know this for a fact??  NeXT itself, not Softpc? It would be  
a major  
> : win!
> 
> >>>>> "Charles" == Charles Robinson <datec@gagme> writes:
> 
> Charles> Bob Luton(sp?), NextStep 486 guru spoke at the Chicago Loop
> Charles> Users group this evening. He could not have been much more
> Charles> specific about this --- I agree, its a major win.
> 
> Lawton (sp?) I think. When he spoke at BaNG, he was very careful to  
say
> that no "business" decision had been made yet as to how it would be
> provided. I read that as leaving a way out for it to be provided at
> extra cost by either NeXT or a third party. Your mileage may vary.


NeXTSTEP 486 was on display (once again) at the Seybold show in San  
Francisco this week. I had been reading the discussion on the net about  
Windows capability in NS486. So, just to see what the NeXT rep giving  
the demo would say, I asked if NS486 could run Windows apps. The reply?  
"No." "Will it be able to," I asked. "No." 

I don't think that he gave the correct answer, and I wonder why he was  
being so coy. This seems like such an obvious thing - it seems pretty  
ludicrous to suggest running a PC emulator on a real PC in order to run  
Windows.

John Bartley
john@wpa.com