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- From: goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K. Goyal)
- Subject: Brand new OS/2 2.01 beta information!!!!
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- Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 06:10:08 GMT
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- PLEASE REMEMBER I DO NOT HAVE THE BETA
-
- I got this off of FIDOnet. Its interesting.
- We finally know the answer to whether the next version of OS/2 will be
- called 2.1 or 2.01! (unless Albert is wrong. :) )
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
- From: ALBERT SHAN
- To: ALL
- Subject: OS/2 2.01 INTERNAL BETA
-
- Just got the new 2.01 beta. This release is meant for IBM internal
- testing only. It consists of 25 diskettes, with most of SP, and WinOS2
- 3.1 only (no WinOS2 3.0). A number of files are post SP, this includes
- all the .ADD, UHPFS.DLL, and OS2DASD.DMD. System appears to be stable
- (for me, this is much better than SP, and is almost as good as GA).
- There are a number of install glitches, both OS/2 side and WinOS2 side.
- I did manage to get around them and is all installed now. There appears
- to be generic SVGA drivers (640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 all 256-color)
- for Tseng, ATI, Video 7, Paradise and Trident. Haven't try that out, as
- I got a hung during SVGA driver install, and the system trashed. Still
- running 8514/A, and it appears to be faster than SP and probably close
- to GA speed. 32-bit GRE is here, and WPS folder operations is a *lot*
- faster. Objects appear almost instantly upon opening folders (I have
- tried Templates and Productivity, they are fast).
-
- The install dialogs are also changed so printer, CD-ROM, SCSI
- adapter, can be setup with the same mouse/display/keyboard dialog.
- CD-ROM support includes:
-
- Hitachi CDR-1650S, 1750S, 3650, 3750
- IBM 3510, CD-ROM II
- NEC CDR-35, 36, 37, 72, 73, 74, 77, 80, 82, 83, 84
- Panasonic CR-501, LK-MC501S
- Sony CDU-541, 561, 6211, 7211, 6111
- Texel DM-3020, 3021, 3120, 5020, 5021, 5120, 3024, 5024
- Toshiba 3201, 3301
-
- There are some major new features in this beta. However, I dont't have
- any program to verify their functionality. Here is a list:
-
- o OS/2 support for Windows** 3.1 applications
- o Pen Presentation Manager* hooks
- o MSCDEX support
- o Enhanced Format Utility
- o DMQS override
- o Access Control List (ACL) installed
- o PCMCIA support
- o Enhanced printer support
- o DOS Protected Mode Interface (DPMI) client
- o Security hooks
- o Enhanced CD-ROM support
- o Advanced power management (APM) (except
- mouse support)
- o Multimedia support (except software motion
- video)
-
- Productivity apps appear to be unchanged (for now), and there appears to
- be one additional applet to be included in 2.01 GA (can't said what
- it is because a vendor is selling a similar product right now).
-
- In additional, I can now start a DOS task from within WinOS2! The DOS
- task will be started from the OS/2 desktop as a background process.
-
- All in all, I'm quite pleased with this release... Now if they can fix
- all the damn install bugs...<g>
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- Please remember that I do NOT have the beta, therefore I have NO more
- information. Please do not email me.
-