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OS/2 Wishlist - First Edition + additions

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From: Daniel Lundh
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 1994 10:58
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In article <2gaqmm$cco@news1.digex.net> adhir@betelgeuse.iagi.com writes:

> - Change the bootsector program on formatted floppy disks.  Add an option to
> retry the boot like MSDOS has been doing for ages.

If any of you folks have ever seen what VGACOPY does I say that's the way
to go. When trying to boot a non-system floppy it gives you 4 choices:
1) Reboot
2) Try again
3) Boot from HD
4) Swap diskdrives(!)

If some backwoods company can do it, why can't IBM?

> - Add 'small fonts' as an option to all video drivers (WPS and WinOS/2)

? It's hard to make them out now at 1024x768.



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