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- From: beders@wip-sol.dfki.uni-sb.de (Jochen Bedersdorfer)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: OS/2 NOT 32 Bit?
- Date: 17 Dec 1992 14:03:32 GMT
- Organization: DFKI Saarbruecken GmbH, D-W 6600 Saarbruecken
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- Message-ID: <BEDERS.92Dec17150543@wip-sol.dfki.uni-sb.de>
- References: <1992Dec17.014016.14071@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- In-reply-to: ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET's message of 17 Dec 92 10:27:13 GMT
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- In article <92352.112713ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET> ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET writes:
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- > In article <1992Dec17.014016.14071@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
- > lotozo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William A Lotozo) says:
- > >
- > >I have heard some people claim that OS/2 is not a 32 bit operating system
- > >but actually a 16 bit os running a 32 bit os emulation. Is this so?
- > >I thought that if anything it was a true 32 bit os with a 16 bit emulation
- > >for backwards compatability to os/2 1.x programs.
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- > You are right and they are wrong. There are _some_ parts that are 16Bit. Though
- > the only one I know of was the old (GA Version) graphics engine. Since the
- > service pack it is 32Bit. OS/2 has the old APIs for 16 apps and perhaps the
- > texmode I/O functions are 16Bit code. But as I understand IBM wants to move
- > to PM-only operation, so it would be logical not to change that to 32Bit code.
- >
- > If it was a 16Bit OS, how could such things like the 32Bit GNU compilers exist
- > without an OS/2-extender like the DOS-extender version ?
- >
- > Michael Bode.
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- You both don`t seem to understand: OS/2 IS an 32-bit OS. It
- is switching down to 16-bit code in some cases...
-
- :)ochen
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