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  2. From: jmp1@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (JEFFREY MICHAEL PARSONS)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
  4. Subject: Re: Fastback and OS/2
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul28.020623.5364@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
  6. Date: 28 Jul 92 02:06:23 GMT
  7. Organization: Lehigh University
  8. Lines: 19
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  10. In article <1992Jul27.193945.19710@midway.uchicago.edu>, sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu
  11.  (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
  12. >In article <1992Jul27.045124.6653@sequent.com> krader@sequent.com (Kurtis D. Ra
  13. der) writes:
  14. >>I spent roughly four hours trying to get FastBack to work without
  15. >>success.  The symptoms lead me to believe that FastBack is attempting
  16. >>low level manipulation of the hardware which OS/2 won't allow a
  17. >>normal DOS application to perform.  I called Fifth Generation Systems
  18. >>but they said they had no plans for an OS/2 version.
  19. >
  20. >They fib.  An OS/2 version is apparently in the works.
  21. >
  22.  
  23. Also, it has been established on this group that FastBack v2.xx works fine.
  24.  
  25. Jeff Parsons
  26. Lehigh University
  27. Physics Undergrad
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