Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!

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From: David P. Summers
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1995 22:35

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In article <19950907.1173CB0.12C2C@olympus.net>, dons@olympus.net (Don
Schmelling) wrote:
> : He meant that Power Mac _only_ software is very rare (I haven't seen
> : any).  _Not_ that Power Mac software is rare.  Software is either
> : available either in both versions (uncommon) or in a version that
> : has both PowerPC code and 680x0 code (and your computer just loads
> : what it needs).

> I was also talking about Power Mac _only_ software.  My point was that
> means the biggest gain of the power Mac is just a speed up for running
> old Mac software.

But both software that comes in two versions and that which comes in
a version that has both PowerPC and 680x0 code has native code that
can take advantage of the PowerPC.
________________________
(Disclaimer: If NASA had any position on any of this do you
think they would have ME give it?)
David Summers - Summers@Ethyl-the-Frog.ARC.NASA.Gov

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From: Summers@Ethyl-the-Frog.arc.nasa.gov (David P. Summers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1995 14:35:00 -0800
Organization: NASA - Ames Research Center
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