26 Jan
2010
26 Jan
'10
6:05 p.m.
Lance Lyon wrote:
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Josh Dersch
Sent: Tuesday, 26 January 2010 10:48 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: OS/2 (was Re: Museums)
Warp4 would have problems with any current hardware because of ACPI and
large drives. Video may also be a problem if you need anything other then
VGA OS/2 Warp is best on IBM PS/2. But OS/2 Warp (3 or 4) can do very well
on just about anything from a 486 to a P4
It occurs to me that OS/2 is one of the OSes I
have yet to spend an
appreciable amount of time with that I keep meaning to (another
example being VMS...)
Where would you guys suggest starting if I wanted
to get a good feel
for it? (what versions, what hardware, what fun software to play
around with...)
Heck, where would one get a legit copy of this
these days?
Warp 4 (Warp 3 at a pinch) for the original, else you can by eComStation at
http://www.ecomstation.com/
Warp turns up regularly at eBay
As far as hardware, it isn't too demanding and will run on most modern PC's
- drivers aren't such a big issue as there are generics available.
My Warp 4.52 box is a 233MHz Pentium with 64mb RAM and an 8gb drive - more
than sufficient for the task!
That is great hardware for OS/2. Pre- OS/2 2.0 versions (1.0 - 1.3) are
very hardware selective. 2.0 was the first 32 bit version and was more
tolerant of non-IBM hardware. Still PS/2's are the best hardware for OS/2.
I have run Warp 4 on as modern as a Pentium Mobile T42 laptop with 2GB of
RAM. And I have run it on a Gateway 486 with just 4MB RAM (though it ran
much better with 16MB). Beyond that you would pretty much need the newest
version of OS/2 (eComStation) for a successful install because of problems
with the size of drives and RAM in current systems.
For software, go to Hobbes - http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/
The best repository for OS/2 software.
OS/2 still remains my one of my favourite OS's to this day.
Mine as well, but I'm running the eComStation version on all my machines
now because of the better hardware support out of the box, including dual
core support.
Mark