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From: oppenhei@umd5.umd.edu (Richard Oppenheimer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2
Subject: Re: OS/2 platforms
Message-ID: <6871@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 12 Jul 90 12:55:50 GMT
References: <1489@abvax.UUCP> <1990Jul4.163051.21060@Octopus.COM>
Reply-To: oppenhei@umd5.umd.edu (Richard Oppenheimer)
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
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In article <1990Jul4.163051.21060@Octopus.COM> stever@octopus.UUCP (Steve Resnick ) writes:
>In article <1489@abvax.UUCP> reh@icd.ab.com (Robert E. Hodge) writes:
>>
>> I've recently heard two rumors on this subject: first, that
>>OS/2 2.0 will be the last version of OS/2 that will support 
>>machines based on the 80286 processor.
>> The second rumor was that OS/2 2.0 will be the first version
>>that WILL NOT support the 80286.
>> Which is true?  Neither?  Anyone know?
>>
>
>According to what I have been reading, (Here, trade rags, etc) OS/2 2.0 will
>not support the 80286, but will support apps written for OS/2 1.x & the 286.
>This information mainly came from Byte where they allegedly have a pre-release
>version of 2.0 ....
> 

 At the Roadshow here in Washington, D.C. (actually Reston, VA) the Microsoft
 people said you can now purchase the OS/2 2.0 SDK pre-release now which comes
 with a pre-release of OS/2 2.0. They also announced that OS/2 WILL SUPPORT
 the following.

	 Applications written for all previous final releases of
		 OS/2.
	 multitasking of up to 16 DOS applications.
	 binary compatibility for Windows 3.0 applications.

 The last item is very nice. Now if a user wants to migrate from 
 DOS/Windows, the Windows apps already owned can simply be run as
 OS/2/PM applications right out of the box with no modification. These
 apps may not run as efficeintly as PM apps or take full advantage of
 the OS/2-PM resources, but they should be comparable to running them
 under Windows. We'll see!?!

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