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Subject:Re: How many PCs does From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- NEXTLEVEL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 1 Apr 1997 22:33:15 -0800
On Tue, 1 Apr 1997 14:01:28 -0700, Karen Mayer wrote:
>I think it depends on the platform you're using. If you're writing on a
>SparcStation and documenting a Windoze application, obviously you'll
>need two machines. At one time I was documenting an OS/2 application
>using Windoze to write, and it was tough using just one PC. I had a
>dual-boot arrangement, but every time I needed to check something, I had
>to reboot my PC, then reboot again to write it down.
Why not just run the Windoze app seamlessly on the OS/2 desktop?
>If both the dtp and the app being documented are running on the same
>hardware and OS, you can get by with one PC, though you will need extra
>memory to be sure both programs can run simultaneously.
That, too, depends on the OS.
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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