Why aren't PDD's 32-bit?

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2 total messages Started by Tim W Smith Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:05

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Author: Tim W Smith
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:05

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Why aren't PDD's (Physical Device Drivers) 32-bit?  I can understand
*allowing* for 16-bit PDD's to allow 1.x PDD's to work with 2.0, but
why aren't new PDD's 32-bit?  Clearly OS/2 2.0 can deal with the
concept of a 32-bit driver, since VDD's (Virtual Device Drivers) are
32-bit.

I assume that some future release of OS/2 will allow 32-bit PDD's.
Has IBM said when that will be?

--Tim Smith

Re: Why aren't PDD's 32-bit?

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Author: Gerry Lachac
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 14:43

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In article <62520@cup.portal.com> ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) writes:
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>I assume that some future release of OS/2 will allow 32-bit PDD's.
>Has IBM said when that will be?


I had asked IBM at a recent OS/2 conference when 32-bit PDD's would be
available.  No definite date as of yet.

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