<CT> Re: Windes 2000
- From: "MOY, WILLIAM" <BMOY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'calmira_tips@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <calmira_tips@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 17:55:53 -0500
Re Martin B. Brilliant's last email, Ah!, now I understand the full meaning
of your previous email describing Windes 2000:
===>snip<===
I can verify that. I installed it and tried it out many months ago. I
happened to do something that crashed it, and it bombed with a BASIC
error message into BASIC code. That's DOS BASIC. It has a cartoon-
like imitation of the Win95 GUI and a few very crude built-in
applications, and that's all. It won't run any other programs, not
even DOS apps.
===========
... that because of the BASIC err message, it turns out to be just a BASIC
program. I guess it was I who got hooked onto the word "clone". Also,
going back to where I picked up that key-word, from 386 World
(http://www.halspastill.com/386/windes2k.shtml) I find Gaute Kvalnes
actually wrote this:
"The Windes desktop resembles the look of MS Windows 95 and above. " and
"Windes 2000 may be worth checking out if you want a user-friendly
interface, but don't expect it to be a Windows clone. It's a light-weight
replacement when it comes to features, but not in performance."
Well, that ends that! -Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Pratt [mailto:wpratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 3:35 PM
To: calmira_tips@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: <CT> Re: Windes 2000 & LFNs
Marty, have you used it? I never heard of it before this subject came up on
the mailing list. For a 286, it just seems like it isn't that bad. Do you
prefer plain DOS or Windows 3.0? I'm still curious about it but not that
curious for $30
Wayne
-----Original Message-----
From: calmira_tips-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:calmira_tips-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Martin B.
Brilliant
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 3:27 PM
To: calmira_tips@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: <CT> Re: Windes 2000 & LFNs
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 13:03:46 -0500, "MOY, WILLIAM"
<BMOY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm still very curious though, about Windes 2000 long filename
> handling capability -can anyone tell me if this "clone" manages to use
> LFNs like Win95 (on 286 CPUs!??!) ...
My point was that it's not a clone, it's a toy. If you cut a pattern
out of cloth, sew it into a dog shape, and stuff it with beans, does
it bark? Will it fetch sticks? Can ticks suck its blood?
Windes 2000 is written in BASIC for DOS. 'Nuff said?
Marty
Martin B. Brilliant at home in Holmdel, NJ
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