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From: Conrad.Bullock@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Conrad Bullock)
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Subject: Re: Does 2.0 have any built-in toys/accessories?
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Date: 25 May 91 02:23:28 GMT
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In article <740@pvi.UUCP>, todd@pvi.UUCP (Todd Bradley x293) writes:
|> Hi folks.  I'm a new OS/2 user and just installed the 1.3 SE this week.
|> I've been using MS Windows for about 11 months now.  I got to wondering
|> what, if any, accessories and toys are being packaged with OS/2 2.0.
|> OS/2 1.3 has a noticeable lack of the kinds of built in accessories
|> that made Windows so attractive.  I'm talking about things like Write,
|> Terminal, the cardfiler, and, of course, Solitaire (which I believe
|> went farther than any other single feature of Windows in making it 
|> accessible to the general public). 
|> 
|> Are there any plans to include any of this type of nifty accessories
|> in the OS/2 2.0 release?  If not, why not?  Does the beta version
|> have anything like this included?

Yes. OS/2 2.0 will apparently come with the same little 'applets' that come
with Windows 3, as well as some new ones, like 'Neko the Cat', a really
cute little cat that chases after your mouse pointer, and goes to sleep when
it catches it.... I have Solitaire for OS/2 1.X - it's identical to the
Win 3 one - it's the Windows program run through MS's SDK - and I've had
zero problems with it... (I also have the CARDFILE program)
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