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Lee Eyerman says… > I have never seen such a stable program. I agree. I'm very impressed with the stability of 3DS. I have been able to lock it up (capping a loft of some text, but I haven't investigated enough to call it in), but compared to other software of 3DS's magnitude, this thing is a ROCK! Okay, I've swelled your head – now back to reality. Even though 3DS is extremely stable and powerful, I really hope you've got SERIOUS experiments going on with other platforms besides DOS. I'm using 3DS under OS/2, and it works fine, but what would life be like if you were using native 32-bit code instead of DPMI to get the tons of memory you need? It won't be long before we have PowerPC machines, and I just saw a demo in the Motorola booth comparing 2D rendering between PowerPC and a DX2. Of course PowerPC blew the Intel chip away. How easily will an OS/2 app move to PowerPC? I'm sure it'll be much easier than moving a DOS app! I keep trying to get Gary hyped about OS/2 – heck, I'll come out there and install OS/2 on your machines if you'll let me. It's the only way to see that the thing is for real! — Doug Azzarito