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From: ibmman@eng.clemson.edu (Larry Salomon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
Subject: Re: Removing PM interface from OS/2 1.2
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Date: 25 Feb 91 15:57:17 GMT
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From article <9018@sail.LABS.TEK.COM>, by peterh@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Peter Hildebrandt):
> I would like to run OS/2 1.2 on a monochrome adapter.  Although the documen-
> tation says I can do this, the system hangs when I boot.  I imagine it is
> trying to display graphics for me.  
> 
> Does anyone know how to disable the PM interface and still be able to do
> task switching (via Ctrl-ESC, etc.)?  I've tried placing CMD.EXE in the
> CONFIG.SYS for the PROTSHELL, but that doesn't seem to give me more than 
> one session.

A long time ago (in a galaxy far far away) there used to be OS/2 1.0, which
used a task manager written using the EZVU-II for OS/2 (EZVU-II is the DOS
counterpart to ISPF on VM/MVS).  If you can still find it, you can use it
for the PROTSHELL, and eliminate PM altogether.

Cheers,
Q