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- Operating System/2* Version 2.1 at a Glance
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- Addressable 48MB of EMS/XMS memory per application; up to 512MB
- memory per application written to the DOS Protect Mode
- Interface (DPMI) specification
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- Addressability 32-bit
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- Preemptive Concurrent processing of multiple DOS, Windows** 3.1
- multitasking and OS/2* 16-bit and 32-bit applications; fast and
- easy movement among applications; protection between
- applications
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- Ease-of-use Workplace Shell* an object based user interface,
- facilities online tutorial, contextual Help, graphical
- installation
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- Applets Ready-to-use mini-applications for productivity and
- entertainment
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- Programming Existing: IBM COBOL/2*, FORTRAN/2*, PASCAL
- languages Complier/2*, Basic Complier/2*
- New 32-bit: C Set/2
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- System Intel386** SX (or compatible microprocessor)
- requirements or higher
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- Memory 4MB minimum, 6MB or greater recommended; Actual
- requirements memory required is a function of the working set
- requirements of the operating system and your
- applications
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- Disk space 60MB or greater hard disk, with 20MB to 40MB
- requirements available for OS/2 2.1; an additional 3MB required
- for Multimedia extensions
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- Warranty Three months
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- Service No-charge service for first 90 days; service
- available for 24 months after general availability
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- * Indicates trademark or registered trademark of the IBM Corp.
- ** Indicates trademark or registered trademark of the Microsoft
- Corp. or the Intel Corp.
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