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From: yee@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Crimson Avenger)
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here! READ THIS, you'll be impressed
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Date: 5 May 91 18:02:43 GMT
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I am willing to give OS/2 a try if I can upgrade it from my MS-DOS 4.01.  The
only real question for users will be to wait for MS-DOS 5 or OS/2 2.0?  I 
have a MS-DOS 4.01 from a clone machine, will IBM/Microsoft allow a upgrade
to OS/2 for $99 or something along that line.  If not, I'm not willing to 
spend money to buy a copy of OS/2.  

OS/2 also works with x286 machines, but I think really slow, unless you got
4-6 meg of memory.  I don't think I would use x286 12 mhz machines for mult-
tasking more than 2-3 applications.  It would really bog down the operating 
system.

Why would I want OS/2?  For the multi-tasking threads, of course.  I run 
Windows 3.0 (it didn't come with my machine, I brought it seperately), for
telecommunications, wordprocessing, program development, and I keep running
into "Application Errors" messages.  Worst, is trying to install TSR into
Windows and it complete dies.  OS/2 best's feature is tighter control on
multi-tasking features.  

Better than OS/2?  I would like a copy of SunOS on my machine, Unix is *NOT*
hard.  There may be 200+ commands, but you don't use no more than 10-20 of
them.  (similar to DOS)  Unix provides utilities (such as vi) and it's not
hard to learn them.  OS/2 is still single-user, multi-tasking, while Unix
is mult-users and multi-tasking.  True, I may be the only user, I still 
like unix for it's power.  I'm reading a good copy on Unix, AT&T System 5, 
Release 4.  Since Unix won't be available for PCs yet, I would give OS/2 a 
try.

1.x (except 1.3) was garabage, I haven't seen the OS/2 2.0 yet.  Does OS/2 
requires a hard disk reformat?  Yes, if you want to include extended filenames.
ARGG!!!  Might have to backup 150 meg of hard disk space.  ARG!

 


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