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- From: spexet@math.lsa.umich.edu (D. Robert Spexet II)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Where to get OS/2 2.00.1 ?
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- Date: 28 Jan 93 17:45:22 GMT
- References: <74505@cup.portal.com>
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- In article <74505@cup.portal.com> selliott@cup.portal.com (J Steve Elliott) writes:
- >Well, last night, I unpacked my new IBM Thinkpad 700C. Preloaded with IBM
- >DOS 5.0 and Prodigy (wowee). So the first thing I did was install OS/2 GA
- >Plus the service pack. Wouldn't work, The Thinkpad requires OS/2 2.00.1.
- >In other words, I can't just install the GA and then the service pack.
- >
- >So, does anyone know if the shrinkwrapped OS/2 on the shelves now is
- >version 2.00.1 or just version 2.0. Or perhaps, where is this version
- >available.
-
- I'm not sure about this, but my understanding is that you can call up IBM's
- 800 number for a copy that will work. The special version is available only
- to those people that need it, i.e. Thinkpad owners, as well as owners of
- certain other IBM models.
-
- >Thanx, Steve Elliott
-
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