[WinMac] ATM for NT [WAS: Re: Pcs over Macs]
Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Wed, 13 Jan 1999 00:24:53 -0500
Quite true, Leonard: NT doesn't allow ATM into kernel mode (Ring Zero): It
runs in Ring Three (protected) mode. Stability has it's price...
BTW, I've NEVER seen a Dr. Watson on ATM Lite for NT (included in
PageMaker 6.5)... Good programming!
At 08:07 PM 1/12/99 -0500, Leonard wrote:
>At 6:48 PM -0500 1/12/99, Alex Dearden wrote:
>>> 3) The availability of Adobe Type Manager Deluxe (ATM) for NT/x86;
>> How is this an advantage over Macs??? They had it a long time before
>> windoze did?
>>
> And interestingly enough (I just found this out myself
>today), ATM for MacOS and for Win9x is BETTER than ATM for NT...Why,
>because we can't hook low enough into NT to do things like
>auto-activation of fonts!
>
>
>LDR
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