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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Welcome ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Welcome!
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- Congratulations. You are now the owner of a special IBM* Personal System - a
- truly complete system with the personal touch, finely tuned by IBM to meet all
- your business computing needs.
-
- The main sections of this reference are shown below. For help on using this
- reference, press F1 now. Otherwise, select one of the following topics for
- more information, or use the Forward push button at the bottom of this window
- to go to the next screen.
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- o About Your System
- o The Operating System Evolution
- o Highlights of OS/2 2.0
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1. About Your System ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This system combines the highest quality computer hardware with the most
- advanced operating system available today, IBM Operating System/2* (OS/2*) 2.0.
- This system has been installed and customized for you so that it provides a
- totally integrated solution to a variety of business needs, with provisions for
- growth and expansion.
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- It is important that you have a basic understanding about how your system
- works, so that you can:
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- o Customize it for your specific needs
- o Expand it as your needs change
- o Describe it to a technician if problems arise
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- Programs, pictures, icons, and folders, together with comprehensive help and
- documentation, have been added to and arranged on your system, to help make
- your first use of OS/2 productive, informative, and enjoyable.
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- The power and flexibility of OS/2 enable you to customize the appearance of
- your OS/2 desktop to your own preferences. For example, you can change the
- picture on your OS/2 desktop or one of the pictures that appear when OS/2 is
- loading. To do this, refer to Customizing Your System.
-
- The Welcome folder consolidates a set of programs, tutorials, and online help
- that you should find useful as a new user to this system. It is arranged as
- follows:
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- Welcome & Quick Tour (this guide)
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- Tutorials folder, which contains:
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- o For the DOS User
- o System Overview
- o Application Installation Overview
- o OS/2 Tutorial
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- Features folder, which contains:
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- o Service and Support
- o Your System
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- Applications folder, which contains:
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- o Productivity folder
- o Games folder
- o Application Installation Overview
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- Configuration Tools folder, which contains:
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- o Create Utility Diskettes
- o Configure
- o Selective Uninstall
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- For other sections of this Quick Tour, select one of the options below:
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- o The Operating System Evolution
- o Highlights of OS/2 2.0
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1.1. System Overview ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The System Overview provides an introduction to the various components of your
- IBM Personal System. The description of such things as "memory",
- "microprocessor", "keyboard" and "diskette drive" should give you a better
- understanding of how your system works. Also provided is an introduction to
- software - from operating systems to applications.
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- If you would like to run this program, press Enter now.
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- Start the program
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1.2. OS/2 Tutorial ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The OS/2 Tutorial introduces the new concepts of the OS/2 Workplace Shell, such
- as:
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- o Using a mouse
- o Using Objects
- o Using Window Parts
- o Getting Help
- o OS/2 System Overview
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- It is recommended that you view the entire Tutorial.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1.3. For the DOS User ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- For the DOS User contains a program which introduces the OS/2 system to the DOS
- user who has no knowledge of OS/2.
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- If you would like to run this program, press Enter now.
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- Start the program
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1.4. Application Installation Overview ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Application Installation Overview introduces the task of installing your
- applications and explains where further, more detailed, help can be found.
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- If you would like to view this information, press Enter now.
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- View the information
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1.5. Service and Support ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Service and Support tells you how to obtain information on a wide range of
- service and support offerings which are now available to you as an owner of an
- IBM Personal System.
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- If you would like to view this information, press Enter now.
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- View the information
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1.6. Your System ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Your System contains a program which provides information about the hardware
- and software on your system, showing how it is currently set up (configured).
- For example, this program tells you about the details of your computer's
- microprocessor, hard disk, memory, adapter cards and much more.
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- If you would like to run this program, press Enter now.
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- Start the program
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1.7. Productivity folder ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Productivity folder contains programs that can assist you in editing text
- and icons, keeping a diary, creating charts and drawings, searching for files
- or text, displaying system workload, using a terminal emulator, plus much more.
- This folder contains the following programs:
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- Activities List
- Alarms
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Clipboard Viewer
- Daily Planner
- Database
- Data Update
- Enhanced Editor
- Icon Editor
- Monthly Planner
- Notepad
- OS/2 System Editor
- Picture Viewer
- Planner Archive
- PM Chart
- PM Terminal
- Pulse
- Seek and Scan Files
- Spreadsheet
- Sticky Pad
- To-Do List
- To-Do List Archive
- Tune Editor
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1.8. Games folder ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Games folder contains programs that you can use for entertainment. You
- also can learn about the operating system by playing a variety of familiar and
- new games. This folder contains the following programs:
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- Cat & Mouse
- Jigsaw
- Klondike Solitaire
- OS/2 Chess
- Reversi
- Scramble
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1.9. Configure ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Configure contains the System Configuration utility. This program displays the
- settings the system uses for your mouse, keyboard, country, displays, and
- printers. It enables you to change the settings for these devices as required.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1.10. Create Utility Diskettes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Create Utility Diskettes contains a program that creates diskettes which enable
- you to start your system from a diskette drive during recovery from a system
- malfunction and perform maintenance procedures, such as backing up your system.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1.11. Selective Uninstall ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Selective Uninstall contains a program that removes optional functions from
- your system, such as tools, games, fonts, and online documentation. By
- removing these functions you recover hard disk space, allowing you more room
- for your own programs.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1.12. Customizing Your System ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The background picture of the OS/2 desktop can be easily changed to another
- picture or to a color of your choice. If you would like to change the picture,
- refer to Selecting Folder Backgrounds in the Master Help Index.
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- The picture that appears when your system is loading (immediately following the
- OS/2 logo screen) can be changed or removed. To do this you need to change a
- line in your system configuration file.
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- Instructions for changing or removing this picture can be found in the Using
- the Welcome Folder for your system. Further details about your system
- configuration file can be found in the Master Help Index under "CONFIG.SYS."
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- Instructions for removing the OS/2 Tutorial from the desktop, when you start
- your computer, can be found in the Using the Welcome Folder for your system.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.2. The Operating System Evolution ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The DOS operating system was originally designed for the first IBM PC more than
- a decade ago. Technology has advanced tremendously since then. If you now
- have a computer based on an Intel** 80386SX (or higher) microprocessor, your
- system can go far beyond what DOS and DOS-based software allows.
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- Breaking free of the limitations of the past requires a fresh start. To do
- this, OS/2* 2.0 was written to exploit the advanced features of the Intel
- 80386SX (and higher) microprocessors, while protecting your previous software
- investments. OS/2 2.0 accepts your DOS and Microsoft Windows** applications,
- and actually improves them, with both reliability and multitasking.
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- OS/2 2.0 is an integral part of IBM's open systems strategy for the future. It
- has been developed with networking, industrial-strength databases, and
- communications in mind. So, whether your company is large or small, you can be
- confident that you can expand your system without compromising power and
- reliability.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.3. Highlights of OS/2 2.0 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- OS/2* 2.0 is a highly integrated operating system, capable of exploiting the
- power of systems that are based on Intel** 80386SX (and higher)
- microprocessors. There are many reasons why OS/2 2.0 stands out as the best
- solution for your business needs. The following are a few of these reasons:
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- Applications
- OS/2 2.0 offers comprehensive application support, with the inherent
- advantages of multitasking, reliability, and easy data interchange
- between programs.
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- Click here for more information
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- OS/2 Workplace Shell
- OS/2 2.0 features an easy-to-use, icon-based, graphical user interface
- (GUI) that uses a simple drag-and-drop technique.
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- Click here for more information
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- System Integrity
- System integrity is designed into OS/2 by making use of the advanced
- features and architecture of the 80386 microprocessor. This provides a
- more stable environment for the user. For example, if an application
- malfunctions, only that application will fail. None of the other
- applications running at the same time will be affected.
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- Power
- OS/2 2.0 realizes, and exploits, the capabilities of your 32-bit
- hardware.
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- Click here for more information
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- Ready-to-Use Programs
- OS/2 2.0 includes many mini-applications (applets) to help make you
- immediately productive and keep you entertained.
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- Click here for more information
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- Device Support
- OS/2 2.0 provides extensive support for many new and existing hardware
- devices (peripherals), including printers, plotters and storage media.
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- Advanced System Functions
- The OS/2 system has been designed with advanced system functions such as
- networking, database, and communications in mind. Whenever you wish to
- add these functions, you can do so with the knowledge that they will
- become an integral part of your system.
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- Protected Future
- As an IBM customer you get IBM service now and in the future.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.3.1. Applications Support ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- OS/2* 2.0 supports a very large application portfolio. Currently, there are
- thousands of DOS, Windows** and OS/2 applications. Many of these applications
- can be run simultaneously, side by side, in the same environment.
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- For more information select one of the choices below:
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- o OS/2 Application Support
- o DOS and Windows Application Support
- o Multimedia Support
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.3.2. OS/2 Application Support ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- There are already thousands of OS/2* applications available today providing
- solutions to a wide range of business, industrial and educational needs.
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- OS/2 2.0 allows application developers to create applications that exploit the
- Intel** 32-bit architecture. There are many new applications becoming
- available that are taking advantage of this 32-bit architecture as well as the
- new object-oriented OS/2 Workplace Shell.
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- OS/2 16-bit applications, which are intended to run on OS/2 1.x (1.0, 1.1, 1.2
- and 1.3), can run unmodified on OS/2 2.0, with equal, or even better,
- performance. The performance benefits are derived from faster file systems and
- better memory management.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.3.3. DOS and Windows Application Support ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- OS/2* 2.0 provides support for up to 240 concurrent DOS sessions. These
- sessions can be windowed or full screen, graphics or text, and execute in the
- foreground (where the user can see them) or in the background. Each DOS
- session has up to 640KB of memory available, with the ability to access
- extended (XMS) or expanded (EMS) memory.
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- For those applications that require a specific DOS version, OS/2 2.0 allows you
- to use that version, either from a diskette or from a special image file.
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- OS/2 2.0 supports Microsoft Windows** 2.x and 3.0 applications without any
- required modifications. These applications can run within the OS/2 Workplace
- Shell or, if required, in a virtual DOS session (windowed or full screen).
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- OS/2 2.0 has the ability to move graphics or text between programs, whether
- they are DOS, Windows, or OS/2 applications. For example, data from a DOS
- spreadsheet in a DOS window can be copied to the OS/2 system clipboard and
- pasted into an OS/2 word processor document.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.3.4. Multimedia Support ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Meeting the demands of environments such as multimedia computing is what
- OS/2*'s advanced architecture is all about. Multimedia applications have all
- the services of OS/2 2.0 available to them. These are some of the reasons why
- OS/2 is a superior platform for multimedia:
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- o 32-bit instructions and flat addressing for performance and handling of
- large multimedia data objects
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- o True preemptive multitasking to enable overlapped input/output, continuous
- data streaming, compression/decompression, and synchronization of data
- streams and events
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- o Memory and process protection for more reliable operation
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.3.5. Maximum Performance ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- OS/2* 2.0 not only retains the advantages of previous releases of OS/2, but
- also adds the benefits of the Intel** 80386SX (and higher) microprocessors for
- maximum performance:
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- o Better performance for applications because of the 32-bit instructions and
- the large, flat, 32-bit memory model
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- o More efficient memory use because of demand paging
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.3.6. OS/2 Workplace Shell ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- There are many advantages to the OS/2* Workplace Shell:
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- o The OS/2 Workplace Shell, whose design is a direct result of hundreds of
- user requirements defined over years of rigorous usability testing, is much
- more flexible than previous interface designs. With the OS/2 Workplace
- Shell, you can arrange your desktop to look and work the way you want. It
- enables you to work with your computer as you do with your desk and filing
- cabinet. The system is centered around your projects and tasks, not around
- system directories and applications.
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- o The OS/2 Workplace Shell is easy to learn. For users of DOS, Windows** 3.x,
- and OS/2 1.x, the transition to the OS/2 Workplace Shell is a smooth one.
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- o Interaction with the OS/2 Workplace Shell is based on direct manipulation.
- To perform an operation, you select an object and then choose the operation
- you want to perform on it. For example, you can select a file and drag it
- to the printer object. The contents will then be printed, whether that file
- was created by a DOS, Windows, or OS/2 application.
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- The OS/2 Tutorial has been provided to introduce the new concepts of the OS/2
- Workplace Shell. It can be found in the Information folder (on the desktop)
- and in the Tutorials folder (in the Welcome folder). It is recommended that
- you review the entire tutorial. For more in-depth information on the
- Workplace Shell, open the Start Here tutorial located on the desktop.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.3.7. Mini-applications (applets) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- These mini-applications, or "applets", are ready-to-use programs which enable
- you to be productive the first time you use OS/2*. The applets that come with
- OS/2 2.0 are grouped into two separate folders:
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- o Productivity
- o Games
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- These folders can be found in the OS/2 System folder and the Applications
- folder (within the Welcome folder). For more information regarding these
- programs, select the appropriate folder, or an individual program within the
- folder, and press F1. You also can select either productivity tools or games
- from the Master Help Index.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Trademarks ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The following terms, denoted by an asterisk (*) in this information, are
- registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation:
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- IBM
- Operating System/2
- OS/2
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- The following terms, denoted by a double asterisk (**) in this information,
- are trademarks of other companies as follows:
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- Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation.
- Microsoft is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
- Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> OS/2 Applications References ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The OS/2 Applications Solutions Directory (G362-0002) lists more than 1400
- already available applications worldwide.
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- The OS/2 Applications Solutions: 32-bit Supplement (G362-0029) lists many
- 32-bit applications that have been specifically written for OS/2 2.0.
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- See your IBM authorized dealer for details on how to order these publications.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ <hidden> Practical limit to number of DOS sessions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- As more DOS sessions are opened, there is an additional load on the
- microprocessor; therefore, a practical limit will be reached before the
- theoretical limit of 240.