Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...

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From: Illya Vaes
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 09:45

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josco@eco.arc.nasa.gov (Joseph Coughlan) writes:
>FYI Windows multitaksed BEFORE win3.0.  
>Windows386 did in the late 80's.  
>Windows386 stunk.  I ran OS/2 and sometimes booted in 
>Deskview since OS/2's 1.x DOS penality box had no EMS 
>support and I sometimes needed EMS in 1-2-3.
>Later 1-2-3 for Dos/OS/2 arrived.  It was a bound application
>that was capable of running on either system -- like MS's
>compiler software.  Remember, MS used OS/2 to build Windows 
>3.0 apps and did not use not windows itself.  

And like Word 5 for DOS.

>Ain't OS/2 history marvelous?

I'd almost feel sorry for MS...  nah!
-- 
Illya Vaes  (ivaes@hr.ns.nl)
Holland Railconsult BV, Signalling CAD
Postbus 2855, 3500 GW Utrecht
Tel +31.30.358586, Fax 357212           "Do...or do not, there is no try" - Yoda

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From: Illya Vaes <ivaes@hr.ns.nl>
Subject: Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...
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