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From: bcw@rti.rti.org (Bruce Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here! READ THIS, you'll be impressed
Summary: OS/2 2.0 on a 286
Message-ID: <1991Apr22.175954.20192@rti.rti.org>
Date: 22 Apr 91 17:59:54 GMT
References: <1991Apr21.135534.724@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <15057@helios.TAMU.EDU> <cs352a41.672333249@zippy>
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In article <cs352a41.672333249@zippy>, cs352a41@cs.iastate.edu (Adam Goldberg) writes:
> 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.

Has this been changed?  For many months now the official word has
been that OS/2 V2.0 would require a 386 (at least an SX) because
it required the use of some of the 386's modes that a 286 doesn't
have.  If it does run on a 286 then it may have less trouble
competing with Windows, but on the other hand it may have more
trouble competing with Unix/Motif - it could be perceived as more
of a lower-end product, and having to accommodate the 286's 64K
segments could mean that many products and applications would
find it a less attractive platform.

						Bruce C. Wright