Re: OS/2 Warp 3.0

["Paul Khoury" <pkhoury@loop.com>]

On Wed, 18 Mar 1998 00:39:24 GMT, epbrown wrote:

>	I'm thinking of experimenting with this OS on my DSTN 560 for a
>bit. I've got it lying around, but never gave it a good try because I
>felt performance suffered compared to my 486s running Windows 3.x.

Don't forget that OS/2 runs applications differently, making Windows a bit
faster, but OS/2 is 32 bit and runs applications in a different section from
the kernel.  But you can privately email me for the finer print.

 Now
>I'm curious about support for the 560, since 4.0 has come out. Will
>the drivers work under the previous version of OS/2? Will the system
>work fine without them? (Buying 4.0 is out, since this is just to see,
>not a permanent system choice.)

Hmmm, not too sure, but I don't see why 3.0 won't work with the 560.

Just be sure to get Fixpack 32 or above for Y2K compliance.

4.0 needs more RAM, but is a pleasure to use, but unless you need the latest Java,
voice dication, etc, 3.0 will work well, and works fine on 8MB of RAM, but 12-16 is
recommended.

Do you have the diskette or the CD-ROM package?


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