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 applica-

tions is very noticable, and this makes for

a good comparison because WIN2 ap-

plications made use of EMS memory

while WIN3 applications just use

memory.

The other aspect of this question ad-

dresses 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 be-

come 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 sup-

porting 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