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Re: XGS/32 v1.0b - Released!!
>>>>> "SWM" == Steven W Mentzer <smentzer@ecom.net> writes:
>> Now there's good news!!! I was wondering what was going to become of
>> XGS!!
>>
>> Since I just recently installed NT4 server here, at least I can check
>> it out.
>>
>> Just curious, what's the issue with 95/98 and XGS?
>>
SWM> There are some minor threading differences between Win95 and
SWM> NT. Unfortunately, throw Direct/X (actually DirectDraw only)
SWM> into the mix, and some Win95/98 machines will work, and some
SWM> will not. Unfortunately, I have neither the time or patience to
SWM> make XGS/32 work for all Win95/98 machines. As far as I am
SWM> concerned, you gain nothing when using Win95/98, so just use
SWM> NT4. It is much more stable (regardless of what the un*x bigots
SWM> tell you) :)
I wish I had NT. NOT! :}
I guess I will have to wait until the source code for the X version
resurfaces again.
cfs
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