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Ron,
Does this backward compatibility mean that DOS programs will work in
Windows 98?
The best program that I have for some of my market work is DOS based and
would be just tooooo slow in windows. Here's hoping!!
David Hunt
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~adest
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| From: Ron Augustine <RonAug@xxxxxxxx>
| To: Chris Baker <chrisbak@xxxxxxxxx>; omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
| Subject: Re: Multiple Monitor support in Windows 98
| Date: Friday, February 27, 1998 4:27 AM
|
| First of all, I'm sure that the comment from the Omega Support Tech. that
| 16-Bit TS will not run on a 32-Bit Win-98 is simply wrong. Perhaps he
| didn't understand the question or was having a bad day, but any 16-bit
| program will run under Win-98 -- If it didn't, much of the software that
| people rely on each day would be suddenly obsolete-- MS has always paid a
| lot of attention to backward compatibility.
|
| The multiple monitors in Win-98 will allow you to spread any image that
| normally appears on one monitor over a virtual desktop of multiple
monitors,
| but you must have a separate video card and an open slot inside your
| computer for each of the monitors.
|
| A better solution that is available now is a multiple monitor board that
| requires only one slot, but feeds multiple monitors. One vendor is
| ColorGraphics at: http://www.colorgfx.com/
|
| -------------------------------------------------------------------
| At 01:45 PM 2/25/98 -0000, you wrote:
| >Windows 98 Beta 3 has been released for retail customers to try and
Windows
| 98 final release is due out in several months.
| >
| >Following is my e-mail to Omega Research Tech Support and their response
on
| whether TradeStation V 4.0 has been tested on Windows 98 and how
| TradeStation V 5.0 will handle the Multiple Monitors supported in Windows
| 98. For TradeStation V 5.0 to support Multiple Monitors will require
some
| additional programming as I understand it. (Perhaps others with more
| knowledge of Windows 98 can explain this better.)
| >
| >----------
| >From: MS:chrisbak@xxxxxxxxx
| >Sent: Monday, February 23, 1998 1:49 PM
| >To: TechSupp
| >Subject: Multiple Monitor support in Windows 98
| >
| >With the release of Windows 98 reportedly only a few months away, how
will
| >TradeStation V 5.0 handle the Multiple Monitor feature of Windows 98?
I
| >would like to be able to have view a different Worksheet on each
Monitor.
| >
| >Is TradeStation V4.0 compatible with Windows98, Multiple Monitor and
FAT32?
| >
| >----------
| >From: techsupp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[SMTP:techsupp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
| >Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 1998 9:32 PM
| >To: chrisbak@xxxxxxxxx
| >Subject: FW: 0224rs /Multiple Monitor support in Windows 98
| >
| >
| >Dear Chris,
| >
| >Thank you for your inquiry. Unfortunately we are unable to answer the
majority
| >of your questions at this time. If you would like, you may resend your
| e-mail at
| >a later date and we should be able to answer you more completely.
| >However, if Windows 98 is a true 32 bit Operating System, then
TradeStation
| >4.0(a 16 bit application) will not run on it. We are anticipating the
| release of
| >TradeStation 5.0(a 32 bit application) sometime in the first half of
this year.
| >
| >Thank you,
| >
| >Richard S.
| >Omega Research, Inc.
| >Customer Support Dept.
| >
| >
| >
| >
|
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