On (14 Dec 96) Peter Campbell wrote to Stephen Haffly...
Hi Peter,
 PC> 11-Dec-96 19:43:39, Stephen Haffly tapped feverishly away
                                               ^^^^^^^^^^
That is indeed accurate today.  I am running a fever of 101.3 farenheit
due to a cold/sinusitis, and who knows what else?  It doesn't help my
sense of humor.
 PC> I'm still using a Boot Manager setup that allows me to run Ensemble/PC
 PC> DOS 7.0 when I want to use Ensemble without any other programs. (Boots
 PC> so much faster!) It also allows me to run sloppily programmed Windows
 PC> stuff if I have to. I only have a licence for Warp 3, so, after
 PC> looking at
 PC> Warp 4, have gone back to that. Warp 4 may have solved some problems
 PC> for some people, but for what I do, Warp 3 gives me what I need!
I have a similar setup.  I have a small hidden FAT partition with DR-DOS
6.0 and GWE installed.  That way, either it or OS/2 is active, and
neither can mess with the other.  It is still amazing how much faster
GWE is coming up, even though I have Norton Disk Doctor do a scan on
bootup of this partition. (not really neccessary, but since I like to
experiment, insurance).  I don't have separate Windows, and have no
intention of trying to purchase it, although if I came across a copy, I
guess I wouln't turn it down (once a pack-rat, always a pack-rat).
 PC> I certainly haven't experienced the problems that Bill complains
 PC> about, but I have spent many hours fixing Windows 95 problems for
 PC> various
 PC> clients only to have their systems "muck up" again. The more I use
 PC> Windows 95 the less I like it. Having said that, let me also add that
 PC> I have not found a GUI that is without problems. Which is why Reagan's
 PC> "Star Wars" system was so frightening. How would they ever have
 PC> debugged the software???????
Yes, that was never truly addressed.  The good thing about Star Wars was
that it was a defensive system, not an offensive one.  Seen the movie
"War Games"?
I still open a command window and do many things the old fashioned
command line way.  There are times I like using the GUI functions, but
other times I like the control that only the command line can give.
Anyway, it's time to give up on this, take more drugs, and get back to
bed.  Hopefully, this will break soon.  I'm tired of feeling miserable.
TTYL,
Stephen
Team OS/2, Team GEOS     
OS/2 & Geoworks Ensemble - What a combo!
slhaffly@bora.dacom.co.kr    FIDO 6:760/4.3
... GEOS - The GUI with all but the appetite for hardware!
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