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From: wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes)
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 on an sx and an assortment of other questions
Message-ID: <1991May8.235949.25711@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Keywords: OS/2?
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
References: <1991May8.204058.14655@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 9 May 91 03:59:49 GMT
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In article <1991May8.204058.14655@agate.berkeley.edu> magid@headcrash.Berkeley.EDU (Paul Magid) writes:
>I have a 20mhz sx, and I have seen the claims that OS/2 2.0 runs dos 
>faster than dos does and windows programs faster than windows does.
>Will this be true on my sx also.

It may or it may not, but the speed increase is not the big factor.  It's
the memory increase for DOS apps, and the protection of all tasks.  On a
true 386, the speed will be greater, but I'm not sure for an SX.

>Does anyone know of any plans for Turbo Pascal for OS/2 2.0

Ask Borland.

>If one of the windows programs I intend to run under OS/2 crashes will

Every task is separate, whether it be OS/2, DOS, or Windows.  No single
task should effect another.

>Will printing from a windows prog require that the windows print manager be
>loaded, or will the OS/2 equivalent grab the output.  {any possibility of
>it doing the same for dos}

I'm not sure about this one, but I would bet you don't need Windows print
manager.  Even if you do, no big deal, it's just another task.

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