Subj : Re: OS/2
To   : Dumas Walker
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu Jun 19 2025 07:21:50

-=> Dumas Walker wrote to HOLLOWONE <=-

 DW> That said, at the time OS/2 came out, it probably did seem futuristic,
 DW> much like the first black-and-white MACs did.  ;)

I remember solid multitasking on OS/2 1.2 when Windows 3.0 was crashing
constantly. Connecting to a PBX at work over a modem while connected via
Twinax to an AS/400 and serving files over MS Lan Manager over token
ring on a 386/25 - Windows was essentially just a single-tasking window
manager at that point.

Presentation Manager on OS/2 2.0 was pretty wild, too - a
context-based, object-oriented UI was ahead of the pack at the time.


 
--- MultiMail/Win v0.52
 * Origin: realitycheckBBS.org -- information is power. (21:4/122)

.