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From: wjr@ftp.COM (Bill Rust)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: what machines will run os/2 PM 1.1?
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Date: 28 Aug 89 15:07:26 GMT
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In article <25904@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> andy@garnet.berkeley.edu (Andy Lieberman) writes:
->A fried of mine is going to buy some software that only runs
->on OS/2 Presentation Manager Version 1.1.  The software
->vendor said he will have to buy a real IBM or a Compaq.
->
->He doesn't actually need the machine until about September.
->Is there any chance of being able to get OS/2 1.1 on a
->generic 386 (e.g., Mylex) by then?  Or is he stuck
->paying the extra $ for a Compaq?

I am currently running OS/2 1.1 on an Everex Step 20 386 machine. It
seems to work ok. This is the MS/IBM SDK version 1.1 which is supposed
to be the same as the retail version. Until recently, I had it on a
generic 286 machine. On both machines I haven't had any trouble
running OS/2 itself, with the possible exception of one very obscure
bug. The compatibility box is a different question. On the 286
machine, it would randomly hang when I was using the box. I was told
that it had something to do with switching between real and protected
modes. So, I stopped using it entirely on the 286 and have never tried
it on the 386. The best thing for your friend to do is try it before
the money back guarantee runs out on the hard ware. 

Bill Rust (wjr@ftp.com)