Subj : Re: UNIX on 486 boxes...
To   : Havok
From : Atreyu
Date : Wed Feb 28 2024 02:16:49

On 27 Feb 24  19:53:18, Havok said the following to Atreyu:

H>   Laughing I went the path of NT 3.1 and up but always played with OS/2
H>   While I look back I wish I would have just stayed with OS/2 I would
H>   have saved a lot of money.

Welllllllll.... I remember that I had to buy hardware that was OS/2-friendly,
which if I remember was slightly more expensive than just the average
hardware that would work perfectly with Windows.

Those ATI video cards and Mach32, Mach64... whatever the card was. The one 
which the diehard OS/2 community swore up and down was the "right" videocard 
to buy, I bought one. And it lasted about two weeks with its bugridden mess of
drivers. Ohhhh it has to be my OS/2, did you try reinstalling? Repairing?

Yes, and I can tie my shoes as well... worked perfectly fine in VGA mode but
not the native ATI modes. Ohh well what about 8514? Yup, worked fine in that 
but didn't enjoy watching how sloooooooooowwwww that was. I wanted the ATI 
that I *paid* for. And the wonderful OS/2 community was crickets chirping. 
Then someone popped up, maybe its your motherboard? You need a motherboard 
that is OS/2 friendly... I never recalled needing a Windows-friendly board.

It was total complete nonsense like this, along with hard drive controller
problems, lack of USB support at the time and watching Windows 2000 do
everything perfectly right out the box that made my final decision.

I miss the OS/2 interface but not the OS/2 problems.

H>  Also I didn't know what a sick prick Bill Gates is then, I have 9 PC's
H>  and four laptops around all but one is Windows, the more I read about
H>  Bill Gates the more I move to linux. I'm about 98% linux now.

Unfortunately this is a Windows household for the time being,

Atreyu

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