ter performer, and I base that entirety on the fact that it will be running in a

protected mode OS, and will have direct access to as much memory as it needs.

There is no need to fool around with relatively terrible performing kiudges like EMS. The speed improvement between WIN2 applications and WIN3 applications is very noticable, and this makes for a good comparison because WIN2 applications made use of EMS memory while WIN3 applications just use memory.

The other aspect of this question addresses the fact that one environment is character based while the other is bit mapped. Well, I have been using WIN3 for almost a month now, on machines from 8MHZ ATs to 20MHZ 386's, and I have not found the interface to suffer from performance problems, and if someone were to ask me which was faster interface wise, FP or WIN3, I would be hard pressed to give them an answer.

This kind of begs the questioned

‘What have we gained by staying with a character based system?’. The only answer I can come up with is perhaps a savings on the cost of displays because the other hardware required to run FP properly is the same required by WIN3, but heck, WIN3 will run OK on a cheap Herc monochrome setup. I can tell you what we don’t have with the character based system; proportionally spaced fonts, graphics, and integration into an environment that witi most assuredly become mainstream.

-Mark

Fm: John L Hawkins 71601,735

To: Pat Adams 75146,3121 (X)

Quarterdeck has announced a QEMM 5.1 for July release. It will be

“compatible” with Windows 3.0, whatever

that means. Let’s hope it allows us to

LOADHI.

Interesting that Quarterdeck is supporting Windows, the only significant

competitor to their own DESQvIew.

Fm: Pat Adams 75146,3121

To: Jay Roberts 72571,647 (X)

Jay - Fox has no specific information available on FoxPRO 2.0 other than a few public statements made by various Fox officials now and then. But one of them made continually by Dr. Dave is to take an even closer look at FoxBASE+/Mac for some of the future of FoxPRO. And Janet Walker did tell the attendees at the NY PADD meeting on Tuesday night that, among other things, there would be an integrated screen painter in FoxPRO

2.0.

Fox may not be talking, but they are

certainly hinting.

Fm: Mark Vodhanel 72456,463

LA. FOX