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Re: OS2 Warp for sale

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From: Robin Vowels
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 1994 01:18
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	rsmith@psych.colorado.edu (Roderick Smith) writes:

	Wirta Wiriyan (kosasih@cae.wisc.edu) wrote:
	: Yes, it is not a mistake in the header. I am selling my OS2 Warp after
	: about 4 hours of installation and tweaking.

	: Overall, it does not meet my needs. Windows apps won't run, despite the
	: claims that they will.

---You don't say whether you are using dual boot, but if so, this is a bug
in OS/2 v3.0.  Installation of OS/2 corrupts Windows.  It's possible to
restore Windows, where it will run from DOS, but it still won't run from the
OS/2 desktop.

	If you'd post details, I'm sure somebody could help with this.  What's 
	your hardware setup, and what symptoms do you get when you try to run 
	(error messages, system lockup, cross-hatched icon but no program, etc.)?

	: Doom II won't recognize my GUS, which is pointless to

	Probably there's some DOS setting to allow this, but I'm not an expert on 
	either DOS settings or Doom II.  I think there was a thread on Doom II recently.

	: go to Warp when I can just use my slow DOS. Currently, there's nothing that
	: Warp can do for me that I can't do with DOS.

	I'm sure there is, but of course whether these things are important to you is another matter.

	: That's why I'm selling my Warp. My price is $70 (shipping via Priority Mail
	: included). This is the CD-ROM version, by the way; and also the Bonus Pack is included.

	SoftMart is selling it for just under $70 (plus shipping).  Egghead is 
	reputed to have it for $75.  IMHO, your asking price is high for used software.

	: Too bad I can't return the stupid product; otherwise I won't have to post this. 

	I believe you can return it.  At least, IBM had a full-return policy on 
	OS/2 2.1, though I don't yet have my copy of 3.0 to check this out for 3.0.
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From: rav@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Robin Vowels)
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Subject: Re: OS2 Warp for sale
Date: 8 Nov 1994 12:18:08 +1100
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