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- Subject: Re: os 2.1 beta at waikato is ok
- Message-ID: <m3q1XB2w165w@status.gen.nz>
- From: jonc@status.gen.nz (Jon Clarke)
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 16:45:33 GMT
- References: <1993Jan27.004629.7467@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz>
- Organization: The CServer at the Z*NET International Global News Gateway
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- nholford@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Nick Holford) writes:
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- > srodgers@waikato.ac.nz writes:
- >
- > >nb - to all those people out there putting of getting a 486 - just do it,its
- > >only money. You will like the results if you use os2.
- >
- > Dont forget to budget for 8Mb RAM (at least). If you add TCP/IP, NFS etc
- > you will appreciate another 4 to 8 Mb as well!
- >
- > I am a more or less happy user of OS/2 2.0 (plus a few fixes). I have
- > not attempted to install 2.1b because reports suggest it offers no
- > improvement over a working 2.0 if one does not need Win 3.1 (and I dont
- > because I use OS/2!).
- > Any NZ users of 2.1b got any arguements for "upgrading" to 2.1b?
- >
- > --
- >
- > Nick Holford, Dept Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology
- > University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- > INTERNET: n.holford@aukuni.ac.nz
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-
- It does seem to load a little quicker than 2.0 (might be me expecting
- great things) however like you say unless you need the Windows 3.1
- support there is not alot I have found to make you change.
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- reXX seems a little quicker as well is this my imagination or is the
- file handling been improved for non hpfs formats (DOS) with rexx?
-
-
- Jon Clarke Z*NET Pacific
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