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From: chasm@attctc.DALLAS.TX.US (Charles Marslett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: what machines will run os/2 PM 1.1?
Summary: EE is IBM, PM is Microsoft (WoW! AcRoNyMs!)
Message-ID: <8525@attctc.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 4 Jul 89 13:51:42 GMT
References: <25904@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <328@icdi10.UUCP>
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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In article <328@icdi10.UUCP>, fr@icdi10.UUCP (Fred Rump from home) writes:
> You've just put your finger on the reason for OS/2 anything.
> Your friend should also buy some stock in IBM. He has seen the light.
> 
> You gotta keep those pesky competitors out there in the cold.
> 
> PS there should be some additional vendors supporting OS/2 eventually, but I 
> don't know about Presentation Manager 1.1. Isn't that a straight IBM product 
> that only knows about IBM hardware?

Actually, PM is a microsoft product and already supports several non-IBM
peripherals (Epson printers, many 3rd party extended VGAs, Video 7 8514/A
and Compaq's non-register compatible 8514/A, as well as several high end
disk controllers).  In fact, the earliest release did not even run on IBM
hardware (it required a Compaq or close Compaq clone).  At one time I had it
installed on my Everex Step/20, but since I have replaced it with Interactive's
386/ix (even big hard drives fill up when you put several OSs on them ;^).

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Charles Marslett
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