Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!kth.se!cyklop.nada.kth.se!news From: d88-pfo@dront.nada.kth.se (Peter Forsberg) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 Beta and Windows binaries Message-ID: Date: 2 May 91 11:05:51 GMT References: <1991May1.222608.8493@watserv1.waterloo.edu> Sender: news@nada.kth.se (Mr News) Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 22 In-reply-to: tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu's message of 1 May 91 22:26:08 GMT In article <1991May1.222608.8493@watserv1.waterloo.edu> tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) writes: 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? The BCL is not in the current beta, but will be in the release version, and in later betas. 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 ] [ "i don't even know what street canada is on" -- al capone ] -- -- Peter A Forsberg Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. IBM Sweden. E-mail: d88-pfo@nada.kth.se #include