Subj : "Take off now with OS/2"
To   : vorlon
From : Nightfox
Date : Sat Aug 06 2022 20:39:17

  Re: "Take off now with OS/2"
  By: vorlon to Nightfox on Sun Aug 07 2022 11:21 am

 >> eBay to see if there are any copies of OS/2 there.  I see this listing
 >> for a small sealed package with the IBM and OS/2 logos on it, with
 >> wings and the text "Take off now with OS/2".  The seller just lists it

 vo> That's not what the normal packaging for OS/2 looks like. I'd say that
 vo> it's more of a program for OS/2, than the operting system it's self.

 vo> If you go to google and do a "Image" search for ibm os/2 warp packaging,
 vo> you'll get a lot of hits.. The first two images that came up on my
 vo> search, had pictures of the "Red spine" and "Blue spine" versions.

 vo> Blue spine = with windows 3.1 support.
 vo> Red spine = without windows 3.1 support. (It relies on you already haing
 vo> the win 3.1 floppies.)

I'm familiar with the normal OS/2 packaging.  That's why I thought that eBay listing looked a little odd.  The weird thing is that even though the listing includes photos of the front & back of the package, the package doesn't really seem to say what it actually is.
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