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From: ccmk@lure.latrobe.edu.au
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Subject: Re: OS/2 for PS/2 only ?
Message-ID: <1991Jun6.093209.1@lure.latrobe.edu.au>
Date: 5 Jun 91 23:32:09 GMT
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In article <1991Jun5.161726.29291@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au>, ant@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (Anthony Murdoch) writes:
> I have just seen a pretty remarkable statement concerning OS/2.  The
> statement was that IBM's OS/2 supports PS/2s only and not normal bus
> configurations.  Is this a fact ???

Bzzzt!  Wrong!  Whoever said this requires a severe beating.  IBM's OS/2
(versions 1.0 thru 1.3) have always supported AT-bus architectures - OS/2
has to because IBM warrant use of this operating system on their own ATs!
The only gotcha is that IBM claim that OS/2 runs better on a PS/2
because of the ABIOS.  I have also heard that OS/2 1.3 is better able to
handle clones.

> This worries me with reguards to os/2 version 2.  I have heard that IBM
> has extended the supported devices in v2, does this include normal buses ?
> Does Microsoft intend to produce a normal version of v2 ???  Surely they
> would have to if they wanted to continue products like MS LAN Manager ?

IBM have stated that they are making particular (and unprecedented?) efforts
to support different video adapters, perhpheral cards, etc for OS/2 2.0.

Mark Kosten