Subj : Re: 386 OS/2 Woes...
To   : Abbub
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sun Apr 30 2023 10:43:00

-=> Abbub wrote to Poindexter Fortran <=-

 Ab> So you have two options.  One is to use TShell instead of Workplace
 Ab> shell. That just gives you a TUI program launcher and leaves the system
 Ab> completely text based. The other option is to set the run workplace to
 Ab> CMD.EXE (or 4OS2.exe in my case) so that presentation manager still
 Ab> launches, but workplace shell doesn't. That's what I'm currently doing.
 Ab>  In either case, ctrl-esc pulls up a list of running windows. you can
 Ab> run multiple windows just like you normally would, although in the case
 Ab> of using TShell they're all full-screened.

Now, it's coming back to me. I ran OS/2 1.1 and 1.2 at work, and I'm
pretty sure those were pre-WPS.

OK, now I'm thinking I need to fire up an OS/2 VM.



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