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- From: djg2@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (David J. Greenberger)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 question
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- Date: 13 Dec 92 18:31:10 GMT
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- cmick@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Baldy) writes:
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- >to run certain things. Is it true that with OS/2 you don't have those
- >problems? I have 4 megs of Ram, which I also understand isn't quite enough
- >to run OS/2 effectivly, but I also get the feeling I'm not getting full use
- >out of them.
-
- Yes, that's true. Remember that OS/2 is a complete operating system, not a DOS
- extender (like Windows or DESQview), so it's not subject to DOS's limitations.
- You don't have enough RAM to run OS/2 at a decent speed -- get 4-12 more
- megabytes if you plan on using OS/2.
-
- >Also, do _all_ MSDOS applications run in OS/2? I'm willing to get more ram
- >for OS/2 if I don't have to worry about DOS's 640k memory problems.
-
- I can't say that *all* DOS apps will run, but I can say that over 99% will.
- I've had some problems getting some programs (mainly graphics-intensive games)
- to run, but I've been able to fix all of them by changing some of the
- customizable DOS settings.
-