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

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From: Thomas Gschwind
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 19:33
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Bill Moyer (ttk@rahul.net) wrote:
: In article <3uuc2b$eud@noc2.drexel.edu>,
: James Ianni <sg928ah5@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu> wrote:
: >
: >Full length, multicolored Sprites only exist on Amigas/Atari/C64's, Mac's
: >and PC's do not support Sprites....

:   You haven't been using Sprites with your PC?  I'm sorry.  If you like,
: I can email you some software that allows you to use full-length, multi-
: colored Sprites on your IBM.  They're written for use under DOS, but I've
: been using them under OS/2's DOS sessions with no problems and no slowdown.

I think, that your sprites are just a software-emulation! And 
they are not done in hardware!!!

Thomas

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From: tom@csdec1.tuwien.ac.at (Thomas Gschwind)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 7 Aug 1995 19:33:42 GMT
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