Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!unixg.ubc.ca!ballard From: ballard@ucs.ubc.ca (Alan Ballard) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: OS/2 for PS/2 only ? Message-ID: <1991Jun5.190400.17196@unixg.ubc.ca> Date: 5 Jun 91 19:04:00 GMT References: <1991Jun5.161726.29291@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au> Sender: news@unixg.ubc.ca (Usenet News Maintenance) Organization: University of B.C. Computing Services Lines: 33 Nntp-Posting-Host: swiss.ucs.ubc.ca 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. This is one of the most often told lies about OS/2. It runs just fine on non-PS/2 machines, as long as they are reasonably good clones. A Microchannel bus is not required. (If only because IBM promised it would run on AT's!) IBM only offer support services for it on their own machines, but unless you have a problem that is very hardware specific, they don't need to know what your hardware is. >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 ? IBM have specifically committed to having it run, AND offering support, for non-IBM hardware. 2.0 will be certified by IBM for many compatibles, including Compaq and Tandy. For no-name brands, you may take a bit of a chance, but you do with any other application on such hardware. If the clone is faithful implementation, it will work just fine. Don't believe most of what you read in the press about OS/2. Most of the reporters have never even seen it, let alone bothered to understand the issues. -- Alan Ballard | Internet: ballard@ucs.ubc.ca University Computing Services | Bitnet: USERAB1@UBCMTSG University of British Columbia | Phone: 604-822-3074 Vancouver B.C. Canada V6T 1Z2 | Fax: 604-822-5116