Xref: utzoo comp.emacs:10586 comp.os.os2.misc:1061 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!slammer!tok From: tok@slammer.UUCP (Terry Kane) Newsgroups: comp.emacs,comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here!!! READ THIS, you'll be impressed. Message-ID: <932@slammer.UUCP> Date: 22 Apr 91 15:00:30 GMT References: <1991Apr21.121436.27064@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> Organization: Just me and my computers. Norcross, Ga. Lines: 36 Absolutely! The announcement/demo was might impressive according to people who saw it. I'm reporting what I've seen on IBM's NSC user group bbs: Running three DOS apps, each requiring oddball devices/drivers (MIDI, hand scanner, SatisFAXtion boards/devices) concurrently, with NO Problem d00d! A "bad program" written for DOS to crash under Windows 3.0 and OS/2 2.0. Windows had to reboot. OS/2 2.00 allowed termination of the failing ap and you went on your merry way as if nothing had happened. The DOS version of Microsoft Flight Simulator running under OS/2 2.0! Windows apps scrolling much smoother due to preemptive multitasking! Windows apps getting a head start under dos on the same app under OS/2 and the OS/2 instance finishing 25-30 seconds faster than the dos. Well, *I* didn't see the tape, but these reports have got me fired up! But wait, there's more! The folks at the NSC are going to set up an add'l bbs to - get this - allow commoners to download Beta versions and CSDs of version 2.00 for the cost of the phone call! It will (reportedly) take 5 hours at 9600 baud, and will be a toll call to Atlanta, but I'm waiting with bated breath! This might be a bit much to post, if the terms of the download allow redistribution, but we'll see what happens. I'm going to snarf it... it's a local call for me. Perhaps someone with an FTP site will send me diskettes... So long Windows!!!