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From: jgay@digi.lonestar.org (john gay)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: New OS/2 v2.0 features (rumored)
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.232315.1845@digi.lonestar.org>
Date: 27 Jun 91 23:23:15 GMT
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New features rumored to be in OS/2 v2.0 include: (rumored because it was in
the June 24 issue of PC Week - not exactly the most reliable source)

* New FAT file system called Super FAT - a faster running implementation of
  the FAT used in DOS.  Super FAT is completely compatible with current
  files and disks, achieving its speed increase through 32-bit code.
  "It's faster than the HPFS [currently] in 2.0", (Lee) Reiswig (assistant
   general manager of programming at IBM) said, noting that IBM intended to
   boost the speed of HPFS before the release of 2.0.

* A multiboot feature that allows users to choose between multiple operating
  systems, such as DOS, OS/2 1.3 and OS/2 2.0, when they turn on their PCs.

Well, I don't know about the super FAT file system, but I do know that the
multiboot feature was asked for here on the net.  Do ya'll suppose that
somebody is actually listening AND hearing what is said here (other than
Larry).

-- 
john gay.                      jgay@digi.lonestar.org
Like Thoreau, I rejoice that there are owls.  Part of the reason is that
owls eat mice, and thus make a certain number of cats unnecessary, which
is always a plus.  Jeff Duntemann, Dr. Dobb's June '91