CompuServe Messages

John, Haven't done any Windows programming, so I can't take you up on your offer of stimulating debate. I do agree with your statement that segment registers aren't particularly scary once one is accustomed to them (although they are definitely a pain and should be outlawed). However, I will take a side-shot attempt at debate <grin> – Performance. While I haven't seen very many applications developed specifically for Windows, the few that I've seen were pretty slow. On top of that, attempting to run non-Windows applications in virtual mode is absolutely painful. Running on my 386/20 (4 meg) system, the game I am developing is significantly slower when running under Windows than it is running on my Amiga in 68K mode. And this was with no other Windows applications launched (other than the internal Windows tasks). In comparison, the same game, running under DesqView (again, in multitasking mode) is slightly faster than the Amiga version running on an '020. Granted, I think Windows does a slightly better job of running applications specifically developed for it, the overhead is still such that it's main purpose in life is to sell bigger and faster machines and gobs of memory. …BobR White Wolf Productions