31 Jan
1998
31 Jan
'98
3:06 a.m.
Warp Connect
was _not_ OS/2 4.0, it was still 3.x as was Merlin (I
haven't bought it yet, the local stores no longer bother with IBM at
all and I don't mail order software). OS/2 2.x was _just_ OS/2, the
OK - I
stand corrected. BTW Fry's in the SF bay area has been selling
OS/2 4.0 for quite a while. name Warp
arrived with 3.0. I don't know what rumour mill came up
with the "Borg" name, but it's total bullshit -- OS/2 predates that
Trek concept by several years.
That too is what I thought (I don't follow Trek
things at all). !> *for the curious: system requirements on the box
for Warp 3.0 were
listed as
!> "Intel 386 SX-compatible of higher; 4 MB
minimum of RAM" (<- widely
regarded
!> as a joke among OS/2 users who knew that 8 MB RAM
was a minimally
configured
!> system).
!Runs better than Windows 3.1 on a 386/25 with 4 Meg RAM. I assume
!the above quote was pasted from from somewhere, because you've never
!used it (OS/2) yourself. Remember, Windows 95 supposedly can run on a
!4MB system, says my package.
I ran OS/2 v. 2 on a friends system (and helped him with the memory upgrade
from 16 to 32 meg). I also ran the Rexx gopher server on version 3 (Warp)
on a system with 16 Megs of RAM. I never ran Windows 3.1 or Windows 95
on either machine so I cannot make a direct comparison (Win NT 3.51 was
running on the latter machine long enough to allow setting up the OS/2
installation). We also played around with the Voice control on a beta
release of Merlin (thanks for reminding me of the code name) but that
machine
was eventually pressed into service running NT (I never
saw it after that).
The advice of "you should have more than 4 MB RAM" was taken from my friend
(who is still quite the OS/2 zealot) and I thought that I had read it in
the
paperback version of the OS/2 FAQ as well - but I could
easily be mistaken
about that latter source. I am quite glad to hear that your performance
was so good with only 4 MB - great OS isn't it?
Actually, OS/2 is pretty good.
The only problem is the price: $200 for a
standard package. I think that the 4MB thing comes from a VERY BASIC
INSTALL.
Now, if I could see the OS/2 Warp Server with Windows NT 4.0 (or 5.0!)
support, and the OS/2 Warp with Windows 95 (or 98) support, and have a 10%
or better performance increase, that would probably get some heads turned,
to say the least.
Another great thing is 4.0's *standard* voice support. That (should)
make(s) it popular in the disabled market.
Ciao,
Tim D. Hotze