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- OMEn - the new multi-tasking OS
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- There is one difference with this multi-tasking OS. OMEn
- (standing for Open Multi-tasking Environment), is a
- Shareware release. Yes, it's free! Well, almost... But
- because it's Shareware it doesn't automatically mean that
- it's crap. No, OMEn is far from it! It's even up to the
- standards of Geneva and Mag!x as well as MultiTOS. But how
- does it compare?
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- OMEn is really a completely new operating system. It doesn't
- run any TOS or GEM applications; only applications
- especially written for it. But this doesn't mean that
- there's nothing good about it. Lot's of programs are, and
- will, be written for it. There's another brilliant thing
- about OMEn as well. It is being written for the PC, Amiga
- and Apple Mac. And this means that we will be able to
- exchange programs with our Amiga owning friends, PC owning
- friends or Apple Mac owning enemies! A program written for
- OMEn on the ST will work on the Amiga, ST and Apple Mac.
- This means OMEn is very compatible!
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- When OMEn is in operation, it looks very different to the
- GEM desktop we all know and love (semi-love - David) and
- takes features from PC's windows, the ST's desktop and the
- Amiga's workbench, making it quite easy to use for all new
- users. OMEn's desktop appears in a window with its own menu
- bar, a bit like GEM. To load files into programs you just
- click on a file and drag it to the program; there is no such
- thing as a file selector! It's weird, but good.
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- OMEn is programmed in pure assembler code making it fast and
- compatible. There are many new features in OMEn that don't
- appear in any other of the multi-tasking operating systems
- that make OMEn a good choice. Colour printing is supported
- as well as several types of fonts including Postscript type
- 3.
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- Although it sounds very good, will OMEn survive? No matter
- how brilliant it may be, it needs software to make it work,
- and if people don't develop software for it, then kaput,
- bam, goodbye; it won't be here very longer.... Wait for a
- full review next issue!
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