Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!news
From: tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen)
Subject: OS/2 2.0 Beta and Windows binaries
Message-ID: <1991May1.222608.8493@watserv1.waterloo.edu>
Sender: news@watserv1.waterloo.edu
Organization: University of Waterloo, WATMIMS Research Group
Date: Wed, 1 May 1991 22:26:08 GMT
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Does the current OS/2 2.0 beta version include the BCL (Binary Compatability
Layer) for running Windows binaries directly, or do Windows apps have to be
run inside a DOS box (and thus in real mode)?  Or is there any official word
from IBM on whether the first 2.0 commercial release will have this, or
whether it'll be in something like 2.1?

For me, this may be the deciding factor for getting OS/2 onto my home machine;
I can't afford to upgrade to OS/2 versions of my software...

[ \tom haapanen --- university of waterloo --- tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu ]
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