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From: orn@rsp.is (Orn E. Hansen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: OS/2 vs AmigaDOS
Summary: WOW!
Message-ID: <138@.rsp.is>
Date: 10 May 89 17:51:05 GMT
References: <2134@iitmax.IIT.EDU> <5625@microsoft.UUCP> <1034SCHAFER@RICE>
Organization: National Hospital of Iceland
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In article <5664@microsoft.UUCP>, t-stephp@microsoft.UUCP (Stephen Poole) says:
>I have been using OS/2 for about nine months now, and can honestly say
>that it is a tremendous pleasure to use.  Until I tried it for myself
>I was a member of the sheeplike crowd of folks who had not used it and
>believed all the negative comments the reviewers constantly made.  The
>productivity gains I have realized have been amazing.  I totally dig
>having email running all the time and checking for new messages, having
>two compilations running, having my machine set up as a network server
>(a piece of cake, and something that can be done at any time without
>even rebooting), all while I'm using Word or a telecommunications
>program and formatting a floppy.  And that's on a 4.6M machine WITH
>the DOS box enabled.  That strikes me as being pretty good resource
>management.

WOW! How'd'ya'do'that?
Currently I've got PS/2 Model 80/111 with 4Mb of memory installed running
OS/2 EE 1.1 and francly mydear, It's a real horror!  If I turn on my
communications manager and start an emulation, it can hardly emulate 4800
bps let alone doing all that you mention!  I turn on compilation, start
formatting a floppy, start up the communications manager and start loading
the telecomunications software (for pm) and go take a brake!

What TURBINE are you using?

In article <1034SCHAFER@RICE>, SCHAFER@RICE.BITNET (Richard A. Schafer) writes:
> What communications program are you using?  I've just started
> working with OS/2 (SE 1.1) and I'm looking for a communications
> program.  (Yes, I know I could spend the money and upgrade to
> Extended Edition, and with the 50% educational discount, I just
> might do that, but I'm trying to look at other options, too.)
> 
> Do you know any good source of public domain/shareware programs for
> OS/2, or is it too early for things like that?

I'd suggest you use the DOS part of your machine for that sort of thing
because all communications packages I've seen for OS/2 are horrible.  Well
maybe not if you don't mind emulating at 2400 or 4800 bps.  If you wanted to
use an emulation within PM, you probably wouldn't mind.  The communications
manager for OS/2 comes with a VT100 emulator (7 bit version), if you can't
use that (I can't) I know of ANSI X3.64 emulator for it.

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My desktop calculator's performance is still unsatisfactory.