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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Any news on OS/2 2.1?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.205452.28092@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <gershon.722754974@husc10> <921214190925@rgam.sc.ti.com> <dposey.724397445@well.sf.ca.us>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 20:54:52 GMT
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- In <dposey.724397445@well.sf.ca.us> dposey@well.sf.ca.us (David Posey) writes:
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- >In <921214190925@rgam.sc.ti.com> 5692330@mcimail.com (Robert Gammon) writes:
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- >>In article <gershon.722754974@husc10> gershon@husc10.harvard.edu (Ethan Gershon) writes:
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- >> >> Does anyone know when OS/2 2.1 will be released? I assume some sort of
- >> >> upgrade will be availible on the net. Will that upgrade need 2.0 with
- >> >> the CSD?
- >> >>
- >> >> I heard there is a 2.1 internal beta floating around IBM. What is 2.1
- >> >> improving?
- >> >>
- >> >> any information would be appreciated.
- >> >> --Ethan Gershon
- >> >> gershon@husc.harvard.edu
-
- >>OS/2 2.1????? What is this beast??? I think what you really mean is the
- >>Service Pack that is targeted for release late December/early January. No
- >>announcement has been made, to my knowledge, about the revision level of this
- >>service pack. Last word that I got from IBM was that it MIGHT be called 2.00.1,
- >>or 2.01. Lets use terminology that we can ALL understand, and that won't
- >>get us the equivalent of a blank stare when talking to IBM about this on
- >>the phone or in person. All we know now is that this is a Service Pack.
-
- >>--
- >>Regards,
- >>Robert Gammon
- >>(713)-274-3299 (voice)
- >>(713)-274-2324 (fax)
-
- >OS/2 2.1 is being discussed today in c.o.os2.advocacy - it is scheduled for
- >release in late Feb/early March (pre-Comdex). The Service Pack is
- >_already_out! 1-800-3IBMOS2 to order ($25, 14 disks).
- >It is not 'golden' (a perfect release), there are known bugs already.
- >It is faster in several ways, includes the 32-bit graphics engine, and
- >includes the *beta* Windows3.1 code (which has been known to cause a few
- >glitches).
-
- One correction. Unless things have changed, the SP does *NOT* include
- the Windows 3.1 code, Beta or otherwise.
-
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