From: Chad Fernandez Message-Id: <199810161633.MAA00627@internet1.net> To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 12:42:43 -0600 X-EveryThing: Net-Tamer 1.09.3 Unregistered Subject: Re: GEM GUI Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com >This is highly configurable. The shareware version currently only >comes with the UNIX Motif user interface and the NewManager file >launcher. The forthcoming version 3.0 is going to have a new >launcher that is based on a desktop metaphor and will have no icons >at the bottom of the screen. A new user interface option will move >the Express menu to the right-hand corner and made larger, and a >tool bar will be installed at the bottom as well. Guess what >that's going to make it look like. :) How does it look like Unix? Unix is command line. What will the new "desktop metaphor" look like? What you describe doesn't sound like anything I am used to using. >The release version of New Deal comes with a programme called >Configure that lets you, among dozens of otehr user interface >tweaks, reduce the size of borders and scroll-bars. You can do >this by hand by editing a file called GEOS.INI (there are help >files on how to do this on the New Deal site). I did mananage to get rid of the registration billboard that kept coming up :-) >|Also , going by what I read on the web site I didn't think any of >the New |deal products would run on an 8088. I recall seeing an XT >version in the |works in the future products area, However. >The 8088 probably not, but they will run on the 8086. New Deal >doesn't recommend it, but it will run as long as your the patient >sort. :) I didn't realize that the 8088 and the 8086 were that much different. What kind of computers were the 8086's installed in? Will an 8088 replace an 8088 in an XT or PC with any advantages? >While it's true that New Deal is not likely to pursue the embedded >systems market, New Deal does plan to go after faster machines as >they upgrade the software over time. The legacy systems market is >only the first push. New Deal can be made to be quite independant >of DOS through using its own mouse drivers, video drivers, sound >drivers, and memory meanager, or you can rely on DOS for these >functions. It would be nice if they had a driver fro my Diamond video card for 16M colors :-) I found a generic 256 color driver and it didn't seem to change anything. Chad A. Fernandez Battle Creek, MI Net-Tamer V 1.09.2 - Test Drive