From: Bill Lucy 

Out of darkness, Geo. says...
> "Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
> news:MPG.185b3f3c7b593f4998b13f{at}news.barkto.com...
>
> > IIRC, Ventura ran under something other than Windows at the time. The GUI
> from DR,
> > I think.
>
> Maybe initially, but once windows started getting driver support from epson
> they were using windows.

The problem was that the Windows product was a mongrel dog. Ventura worked under
GEM; it didn't under Windows. This was about 1990, when everything still had DOS
underpinnings. If I was using VP, I'd run under GEM. If I was using Excel, I was
using Windows. I was in with enough people at the time to get the VP
Windows upgrade for free. "Hey, I don't have to quit Windows to use
Ventura!" That lasted
about 2 hours (install to deinstall). It was really bad.

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