Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!nmouawad
From: nmouawad@watmath.waterloo.edu (Naji Mouawad)
Subject: (Did you say Os/2 ?) (was Re: DV386 HOROR STORIES?)
Message-ID: <1991Jun21.163305.7512@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1991 16:33:05 GMT
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<Relaxed-State required>

Ahem ... I will feel very sorry if this posting degenerates into
flaming. So, please, relax, and read what follows with an inquisitive
mind...

<Os/2 ? hum...>

I saw a presentation of Os/2 here at Waterloo.
Now, I am not particularly fond of the beast, but the following caught
my attention:

  -Runs any dos program in true protected mode. Meaning that no
   application can freeze the system if it hangs. The reason being
   that the OS is protected from all applications.

  -You could specify the Dos. version if need be, up to version 5.0
   If you have an application which requieres Dos 2.1, you tell Os/2
   and it'll give this application that version of Dos.

  -Os/2 will give Dos-apps the files in the 8.3 format only. So,
   if you do a dir in a dos shell you'll see only the files that
   are fat-compatible, even though Os/2 is using the HDLL (?).

  -A dos session has 633k of free memory.

  -Mouse is sharable and so is the network.

  -Runs Windows 2 and 3 apps unchanged.

  -requieres 10 mgs of Disk space :*( and at least 6 mgs to
   run confortably.

  -It might not be that slower than Dv because it takes advantage
   of the 32-bit nature of the 386. 

  -nice new shell, kind'a mac-looking.

So what you might say ? This is a Dv group ! 

I know, but I would like to know how many of you would
give Os/2 a look or a shot, or if some of you did hear 
infos conserning Os/2 which are not as rosy as the one
I am presenting.

__Naji.
  
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