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From: lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Upgrading from DOS to OS/2...
Message-ID: <6591@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 22 Feb 91 13:39:20 GMT
References: <5108@umbc3.UMBC.EDU>
Reply-To: lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird)
Organization: Purdue University
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In article <5108@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> chuck@umbc5.umbc.edu (Chuck Rickard) writes:
[talk about OS/2 versions of programs]
>	Corel Draw 2.0 (11/90)
		I have this one.
>	MS Word for Windows 1.10
		MS Word for OS/2 is the title given in Byte
>	Aldus Pagemaker 3.0
		I'm using Ventura.
>
>I have no idea about these titles...
>
>	Borland Turbo C++ Professional
>	Borland Turbo Pascal 5.5
>	Norton Utilities 5.0
>	PC Tools 6.0 & PC Tools Backup
>	Microsoft Bookshelf
>	TOPS Network Bundle for DOS

I wish that PC Tools Backup (cpbackup) would even run in the DOS box.  I used
it to back up my FAT partitions before I switched to HPFS.  Are there any good
PD backup packages?  (I ordered Sytos' Sytron.)

I thought that I'd miss Norton, PC Tools and all of the other DOS utilities that
I've collected.  Recently I've realized that the File Manager and OS/2 command
line are enough for most of what I usually do.  I miss 'red' (redirect), but
I can easily redirect and even prune&graft subdirectories from File Manager.

I'm looking forward to using the ALIAS package (mtsg.ubc.ca) to create some
simple replacements for my DOS utilities.  Also, REXX seems powerful enough to
take the place of many executable (.EXE) utilities - but it does seem slow.

TOPS Network Bundle?  I'm not familiar with this.  MS seems to be packaging
a healthy dose of utilities (backup software!) with LAN Manager.  (I haven't
received my copy yet, so I'm not sure of the extent of this.)

I've made the switch.  Now I just spend my 'free' time calling up makers of
the DOS/Windows software I have purchased.  I like to shake their cages and
ask why they don't have an OS/2 version of their package yet.  Some of the
responses are amazing - lot of idiots out there manning the tech. lines...

--kyler