8 Oct
2005
8 Oct
'05
6:09 a.m.
On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 23:50:25 +0200, Teo Zenios <teoz at neo.rr.com> wrote:
I was wondering since IBM produced OS/2 did any of
their machines (PS/2
series maybe) run OS/2 better then clones or other companies machines. I
have OS/2 1.1 Extended up to 4.0 in my collection and was thinking of
getting a dedicated machine to test them out on. Since I have used Warp
before I was thinking about trying the older versions like 2.1.
With OS/2 versions 1.x, there were at times dramatic performance
differences between a PS/2 and an AT or compatible, or more precicesly
between ABIOS/MCA computers and those without ABIOS. It was very
noticeable when you used the database server.
I spent a lot of time trying to get Microsoft OS/2 1.1 working properly on
an early Mitac 386. It took some faxes to the Mitac developers in Taiwan
(who were not too fluent in English) to get the problems solved.
With OS/2 version 2.x and newer, there is no difference that I have
noticed.
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-bv