Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!cs352a41 From: cs352a41@cs.iastate.edu (Adam Goldberg) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here! READ THIS, you'll be impressed Message-ID: Date: 22 Apr 91 15:14:09 GMT References: <1991Apr21.135534.724@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <15057@helios.TAMU.EDU> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA Lines: 41 jlr1801@aim1.tamu.edu (Jeff Rife) writes: >Ah, but how well does it run on my Super-Yanqui 33MHz 80486 clone with the >RAM-Zap 1280x1024x256 color video card, the Really Scuzzy hard disk and >interface card, with Joe's Live Bait and Printers 7000 DPI laser printer? >In other words, how do we get it to run on non-IBM hardware, and will they >support same? IMHO, I think not. It's my understanding that OS/2 2.0 includes heaps and heaps more device drivers than did previous versions, and if IBM is planning on the darn thing taking off in the marketplace, I'll guarantee that they'll make available the information necessary to write device drivers for really weird stuff like a 1280x1024x256 video system. --------------- SubThread 2: OS/2 is a typical IBM product. The first few versions are buggy and awful, and only barely give you an idea of what the product WILL be capable of. The next couple releases begin to fix bugs. After a year or four in the second or third MAJOR revision (eg, 2.0), the damn thing works like a charm. Of course, OS/2 is mostly Microsoft, but perhaps Microsoft is catching the bug from IBM... If OS/2 can overcome all the really nasty negative press that resulted from the first couple (shitty) versions, I'm betting it'll do well. Personally I'm going to run it (when I graduate and can afford to replace my non- upgradeable 1M 286 motherboard. And by the way (to he who asked), yes OS/2 2.0 will run on a 286--they recommend 4M, but 2M will do it. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ! Adam Goldberg ! * ! "It's simple! Even a PASCAL ! ! cs352a41@cs.iastate.edu ! * ! programmer could do it!" ! +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+