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From: larrys@watson.ibm.com (Larry Salomon, Jr.)
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Subject: Re: Request for information from OS/2 neophyte
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Date: 26 Apr 91 12:11:17 GMT
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In <1991Apr24.214625.12397@netcom.COM>, resnicks@netcom.COM (Steve Resnick) writes:
>
>>Not really, although there are a lot of misconceptions about OS/2:
                                              A
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   !
>> !      (Seen in a trade mag) OS/2 is not a preemptive multitasking
>> !      operating system.  Windows is.
>  !
>  !     Windows is not preemptive multi-tasking. OS/2 is.
>> !
>> !      There are no applications for OS/2.
>> !
>  !     There are several MS applications and other vendors who support
>  !     OS/2.
>  !
>> !      It is more difficult to program for than DOS+Windows.
>> !
>  !     Are we talking PM or OS/2? PM offers a richer API than Windows,
>  !     and OS/2 offers a richer API than DOS. 99% of my code which I have
>  !     written in C for DOS ports directly to OS/2.
>  !
>> !      etc...
>> !
   !
Like I said, there are a lot of *MISCONCEPTIONS* (pointed out here
for those who missed it the first time  B-/ ) about OS/2.  The "more
difficult to program" is one of them.

>>I don't think it is supported on non-IBM hardware, but my housemate has
>>1.3 running on a clone, so it will work, even though you might have to do
>>some black magic to get it to work.
>>
>        I don't know about 1.3, but 1.2 ran on my Weitek 386/20 w/ Award 3.11
>        BIOS out of the box.
>

I said it isn't supported.  I didn't say it wouldn't run.

>What you've said here almost entirely contradicts my experience with OS/2.

It contradicts mine, too.

Cheers,
Larry Salomon, Jr. (aka 'Q')            LARRYS@YKTVMV.BITNET
OS/2 Applications and Tools             larrys@ibmman.watson.ibm.com
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center         larrys@eng.clemson.edu
Yorktown Heights, NY

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