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Article #1135Re: OS2 - What is it ?
From: Darren McDaniel
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 21:11
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 21:11
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In <10741445.8.714801424@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au> 10741445@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (PAUL TZU WEN) writes: >I am in the dark with OS2 - so could someone please help me out ? Firstly, >what is OS2 ? As far as I know it is some sort of operating system where you >can do multitasking. Is that correct ? My questions are: >1) Is it any good ? >2) What do you need to run it ? >3) How do other programs/games work with it ? >Thanks in advance. answers.... 1) Yes I find it VERY good.. and Fast 2) A 386/?? Any 386 or 486 will run the OS.. no 286's allowed for version 2.0 3) Just fine.. and sometimes faster than under dos.. it will run MSDOS/OS2 and Windows programs at the same time..... DArren
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pro-gallup.cts.com!bigfoot From: bigfoot@pro-gallup.cts.com (Darren McDaniel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: OS2 - What is it ? Message-ID: <hq54711@pro-gallup.cts.com> Date: 26 Aug 92 21:11:07 GMT References: <10741445.8.714801424@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: ProLine [pro-gallup] Lines: 20