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From: 880506s@aucs.uucp (James R. Skinner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2, PC's, etc...
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Date: 12 Apr 90 20:38:37 GMT
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seanf@sco.COM (Sean Fagan) writes:

> Under OS/2, you are *still* limited to 64k segments.

	Sorry to burst your bubble, but OS/2 2.0 is *NOT* limited to
64k segments.  True OS/2 1.x was segment oriented but that is the past.
The future 32bit OS is here with virtual 8806, 16bit API, and 32bit API
multitasking.  You MUST have at least a 368 to run it though so if your
using OS/2 on a 286 you will still be limited to 64k segments.  OS/2 is
the future for usrer oriented systems but unix will probably remain as
the programmers operating system.  We'll See...


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