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Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...

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From: David Charles Leblanc
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 00:43
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varney@ihgp1.ih.att.com (Al Varney) writes:

>       How many copies of 'CLOCK' can OS/2 and NT support on a single
>display -- and how synchronized are their hands in analog mode.  Since
>Windows 3.1, I have only been able to do this by making copies of 'CLOCK'
>(like CLOCK1, CLOCK2, etc.).  With only 4 analog clocks, my sped-up 386
>has some second hands behind others by about a second.  Even my 1985
>Amiga 1000 (with 7.8 MHz 68000) can do better than that.

Just tried it with 20 of them - can't see a difference at all under NT.





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David Charles LeBlanc
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
Internet: gt6977b@acme.gatech.edu
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Subject: Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...
Date: 28 Aug 1995 20:43:26 -0400
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