Subj : Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
To   : Atreyu
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Nov 05 2022 07:34:00

-=> Atreyu wrote to Weatherman <=-

 W> OS2 was the BEST at multi-tasking DOS apps.  Hands down WAY better than
 W> Windows.  That is the only thing I ended up using it for, and still do.  I

 W> even run the old DOS doors in OS2, where Windows DOS session will crash.

 At> Agreed, NTVDM is very choppy and OS/2 runs circles around it but
 At> unfortunately I'm not in a position to change for the reasons I
 At> mentioned before.


My spin on it was that OS/2 multitasked DOS apps amazingly well (being able 
to run DOS windows with Novell drivers while still having lots of memory, 
running lots of DOS windows, and so on...) but as soon as hardware 
continued to improve, that became moot.

I ran my BBS on a desktop running OS/2 on a 486, and was able to run the BBS 
in the background just fine. A couple of years later, Windows95 running on a 
Pentium 233MMX could do the same thing, albeit using much more horsepower to 
do so.


.... Abandon desire
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