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From: Peter.Fitzsimmons@p1.f628.n250.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Peter Fitzsimmons)
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Subject: Re: Speculation
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Date: 2 Feb 90 10:10:32 GMT
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 > I haven't heard anyone speak to this question, so I'll throw it out in 
 > the open...
 >  
 > Example: we have two OS/2 Servers, a '386-based PS/2-80, and a '286 
 > based PS/2-60 (which is used primarily for print-serving). Am I going to 
 > be forced into an "unfortunate situation" when the LAN Server program 
 > for OS/2 2.0 is released with respect to the NON-386 based server? 

IBM has committed to MS LAN Manager compatibility, and I have some
info on Lan Man 2.00 here, so I'll assume it applies to Lan Server
2.00 as well.

I quote from the MS press release:

"On a 386- or 486-based server, LAN Manager 2.00 automatically
 installs a 386-optimized network I/O subsystem and a 386-specific
 version of HPFS (HPFS-386). "
 
This implies that it supports things other than the 386/486 -- ie:
286.

I'll include the full press release in the next message.  (Does this
bug anyone?  I'm not associated with MS,  but find the PRs very
valuable.  I had one guy in the C_ECHO flame at me for posting the
PR for QuickC 2.00,  claiming that MS didn't need any free
advertising.).


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