Xref: utzoo comp.windows.ms:11747 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:8847 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!jarthur!jmerrill From: jmerrill@jarthur.claremont.edu (Jason Merrill) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here! READ THIS, you'll be impressed Message-ID: Date: 21 Apr 91 22:09:27 GMT References: <1991Apr21.135534.724@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <1991Apr21.194928.8267@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: jmerrill@jarthur.Claremont.EDU Followup-To: comp.windows.ms Organization: M.Y.T.H. Inc. Lines: 34 In-reply-to: mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu's message of 21 Apr 91 19:49:28 GMT >>>>> On 21 Apr 91 19:49:28 GMT, mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) said: > In article <1991Apr21.135534.724@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes) writes: >> 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? Ever compared DESQview's background comm performance to that of Windows 3? DV's is infinitely better, but I use Windows anyway because I like to use some windows programs. If OS/2 2.0's comm multitasking is even as good as DV's, I'll be happy. >>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.) 1) You can turn off HPFS in OS/2 1.2, or have multiple partitions, one HPFS, one not. I ASSUME they haven't turned this off in 2.0. 2) Microsoft planned to add HPFS to DOS 6.0, I had heard...so there must be some way to reconcile old programs and new filesystems. 3) I'm real tired of eight dot three. > Does it put all those DOS and Windows 3.0 programs in windows?? Including > DOS graphics programs? Why would you want Windows 3.0 programs in a window? Why not make them look like native OS/2 programs, which is what I've heard it does? Jason Merrill jmerrill@jarthur.claremont.edu