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- Subject: Re: [AD] Proposed changes for Allegro 5 (6?)
- From: Evert Glebbeek <eglebbk@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 00:22:38 +0100
- Organization: University of Amsterdam
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:56:32 +0000 Neil Townsend <neil@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>Seriously though, who still uses a pure DOS system today? If you use
>>>>>Windows, why not use Mingw and make Windows programs? (then port them to
>>>>>Linux ;)
>
>As someone who does use a pure DOS system I think I'd better put
>my hand up and explain why.
>
>Whilst DOS may be old, cranky and messy it is also very predictable
>and offers you complete control of the CPU. I suspect that there are
>many DOS based systems out there for which a transition to windows
>would be a great waste of time.
>