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From: wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes)
Subject: Re: Q: Can I get what I want with OS/2 (hardware question)?
Message-ID: <1991May16.000238.23577@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
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Date: 16 May 91 04:02:38 GMT
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In article <1991May15.194645.19352@nuchat.sccsi.com> jlb@nuchat.sccsi.com (Joel Breazeale) writes:
>Anyone know any system builders/manufacturers who'll install OS/2 (their
>version or someone else') on a PC and support it?  I don't think I'm
>interested in IBM.

Buy IBM OS/2 1.3 now.  In about 3 months you'll be able to upgrade to IBM
OS/2 2.0 for free.  IBM OS/2 costs $150 list, cheaper on the street(and
if anyone tries to charge you more have them call IBM and get the *current*
prices).  Nobody else has written an OS/2 (except of course Microsoft who
shared in the development).  Any OS/2 you buy *is* the IBM/Microsoft
version.  See earlier messages regarding how impressive 2.0 is going to
be.  (Trust me; I'm running and IBM internal Beta version of 2.0, and
it's *damn* impressive.)

>I know Compuadd and Dell sell OS/2.  Dell doesn't support 1024x768 and
>they use the Tsang Labs (one down).

They're selling the exact same OS/2 that IBM sells, except perhaps a
special video driver.

>Anyone have experience with Sytos+ for OS/2 for file backup?

Yes, I've used it under OS/2 1.2.  It works.  (What else is there to
say?  Backup software doesn't exactly excite the imagination...)

>You know what I'm afraid of...  Building a system, buying an OS/2 for it,
>turning on the power and finding out and everything is incompatible.
>Sound familiar?

Although I can't speak officially for IBM, the word on OS/2 2.0 is
that IBM is explicitly stating that it will support non-IBM platforms.
That is, it will run AND BE SUPPORTED on *any* 386.  And contrary
to popular belief, even earlier versions would run on generic 386 clones.
(There seems to be a misconception that it will only run on PS/2.)

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