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From: wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes)
Subject: Finally a place to buy OS/2
Message-ID: <1991May19.143054.8537@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Date: 19 May 91 18:30:54 GMT
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For those of you wanting to buy OS/2 1.3 (which will give a free upgrade
to 2.0 when it comes out), the new Elek-Tek catalog lists OS/2 1.3 Standard
Edition as catalog number 565062 (3.5") and 565070 (5.25").   Calling
them at (800) 395-1000 reveals the price to be $109 US.  You're supposed
to get a discount if you're a registered DOS user (list $99 US), but I
don't know if Elek-Tek is offering it.  Anyway, $109 is less than the
combined DOS+Windows price; you can make your choice from there.

If you're running a 386 with Windows in 386 Enhanced mode, then you'll
unfortunately only be able to run a single DOS box under OS/2 1.3, and
not even concurrently with OS/2.  (ie, when an OS/2 task is in the foreground,
DOS box is stopped.  When DOS is in the foreground, OS/2 continues to run in
the background.) This is basically how Windows runs
in Standard mode.  Once OS/2 2.0 comes out you'll be able to run multiple
DOS boxes concurrently, along with all the other neat pluses that have been
harped upon here recently.

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Wayne Hayes     INTERNET: wayne@csri.utoronto.ca        CompuServe: 72401,3525