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In article <9204060009.AA01886@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM (Ken Kahn) writes:

        [how to creat a mini OS/2 2.0 system] deleted

>have to consider (e.g. *.BIO files and ABIOS.SYS for Family-2 machines)
>but I'll leave that to a future append.

       I have been abused by DOS for years, and I am ready to join the
       OS/2 camp now. But before that, ...

       1. Since OS/2 can do multitasking, will it be more efficient to
       run on a PS/2 machine, which has ABIOS, than on a PC? As I can
       recall, ABIOS interrupt services are multistage functions.

       2. Since OS/2 can run on either PC or PS/2, does it mean that
       OS/2 comes with both BIOS and ABIOS? The reason I think a copy
       of BIOS is needed is because a program running in a DOS box
       will eventually need some BIOS services.

       3. I plan to get a 386SL notebook exclusively for the OS/2, but
       does it known anything about 'power saving'? about LCD display?
       about [cache, memory, AT-bus] controllers of the SL chip?

       4. I plan NOT to use DOS or WINDOWS any more, so I will follow
       the mini OS/2 system. But what am I suppose to do programming,
       with assembly or C, on the system?

       5. If there is determinant answers for the questions above,
       should I get a PS/2 386SX notebook (IBM model ???) or PC 386SL
       notebook?

       So, any opion? Please post it, and thanks.