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- From: kashmir@wam.umd.edu (Harold of the Rocks)
- Subject: Re: News on 2.1 Release
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.053058.22968@wam.umd.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 05:30:58 GMT
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- >Future IBM plans I believe. Does anyone know if it is possible to run
- >Windows under an OS2 Dos ?- Just tried, objects to "another protected
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- No, windows 3.1 does not work correctly with OS/2's DPMI. Win3.1 acts
- well as a DPMI server but doesn't work at all as a client mode program.
- Presently, the OS/2 2.1 Beta supports 3.1 standard and 386 enhanced modes.
- It is available for free via anonymous FTP on software.watson.ibm.com and
- hobbes.nmsu.edu.
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- >How are IBM going to run Windows (future plans) under OS2 without the
- >protection schemes fighting?
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- They fixed Windows so that it operates correctly as a DPMI client.
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- Mike
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