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- From: whitney@wcw.mro4.dec.com (Bill Whitney)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 2.1 beta - some first-hand info
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.145640.17619@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
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- Reply-To: whitney@wcw.mro4.dec.com (Bill Whitney)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <1992Dec23.095217.8646@actrix.gen.nz> <1h9qi8INNnj@cae.cad.gatech.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:56:40 GMT
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- In article <1h9qi8INNnj@cae.cad.gatech.edu>, chris@cad.gatech.edu (Chris McClellen) writes:
- >From: chris@cad.gatech.edu (Chris McClellen)
- >Subject: Re: OS/2 2.1 beta - some first-hand info
- >Date: 23 Dec 1992 08:45:44 -0500
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- >Just curious: I called IBM to try to get the Beta, and they said
- >it didnt exist, and started asking me lots of questions like
- >"Who said it was out, etc..."
- >
- >I had to dump the original beta I got (2.01 or something) that had the
- >32bit GRE, and 32Bit hpfs, because the SIO drivers totally messed it up,
- >and the win3.1 unit didnt run alot of the stuff that winos2 (under GA 2.0)
- >ran, even when I put in the settings to run them as 3.0 programs.
- >
- >Secondly, the beta with the 32bit stuff (remember this is that beta you
- >could order from IBM that was out a couple of months after GA), was
- >SLOWER than the GA. Wierd.
- >
- >
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- I had no trouble ordering the OS/2.1 CDROM kit yesterday. All they
- wanted was a name, mailing address and Credit Card #. Delivery in 7-10
- days. No other questions... BTW, I called 1-800-3IBMOS2.
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- Bill Whitney (whitney@wcw.enet.dec.com)
- Digital Equipment Corporation
- Marlboro. Ma.
-