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Message-ID: <3597DB05.CD7145C@compmore.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 14:20:53 -0400
From: stdenis <stdenis AT compmore DOT net>
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To: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
CC: aYk <yorka AT dlc DOT fi>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Is Allegro up to speed?
References: <m0yqfRb-000S3EC AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>

> You are very wrong I saw A LOT of programs that are supposed to be Win95
> programs and they are in fact DOS exes. And I saw W95 exes using direct access
> to screen instead of DirectX. So what you say isn't true at all. In fact a user
> won't know if the program is a DirectX shit or a DOS program is it ever runs in
> full screen. I even saw programs with configuration and setup made as a W95
> program and the rest as a DOS program.
> In fact yesterday I saw a Spanish magazine that uses Autorun in your CD to
> bring a full screen menu, guess .... a Watcom DOS EXE using UniVBE. Never say
> 0% ;-).

Thanks for your input.

tom

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