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From: mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald)
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Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here!  READ THIS, you'll be impressed
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Date: 21 Apr 91 19:49:28 GMT
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In article <1991Apr21.135534.724@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes) writes:
>
>Here's a summary of the summary of OS/2 2.0 that was presented to the media
>last week.
>
> And with
>a decent, *efficient* scheduler.  (Downloading at 9600bps on my 33MHz 386
>takes 30% of my processor time under Windows 3.0!  It shouldn't take more
>than 5%.)

How do they do that? Magic?? What do they do with wait loops?


>
>Not enough?  How about a new file system (HPFS == High Performance File
>System) 




In other words, a fatal flaw! (Unless, of course, it can be turned off.)



> [lots more blather]


Does it put all those DOS and Windows 3.0 programs in windows?? Including
DOS graphics programs? 

Doug McDonald