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Re: reinstallation

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From: John Summerfield
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 00:00
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In <oYFGyQgdL0Zd090yn@ug.cs.su.oz.au>, afitzpat@ug.cs.su.oz.au (Adam James Fitzpatrick) writes:
>tetsuo@interzone.apana.org.au (TETSUO) wrote:
>
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>>Under FAT, I can boot to Win95 or OS2. I didnt install "Just ADD", no need.
>>The system runs smooth. I agree OS/2 is really made for pentiums. I had a
>>486-66 with 32 megs of RAM and Warp still was unbearable.
>
>You must've installed every piece of software on the two CDs then. I'm
>quite happy with the same processor and half the RAM (although boot time
>leaves a bit to be desired).

I gave a Rexx course back in May. The student computers were a mix of 486DX33
& 486SX33 machines with 24 Mb. Performance was perfectly adequate for most
purposes.



Cheers
John Summerfield
Warped & Connected
Perth, Western Australia
OS2 support @ http://www.iinet.net.au/~summer
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From: summer@iinet.net.au   (John  Summerfield)
Subject: Re: reinstallation
Date: 1996/08/20
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