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- From: rommel@jonas.gold.sub.org (Kai Uwe Rommel)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: OS/2 NOT 32 Bit?
- Message-ID: <724884108rommel.root@jonas.gold.sub.org>
- Date: 20 Dec 92 20:41:48 GMT
- References: <1992Dec17.014016.14071@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <92352.112713ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET>
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- In article <92352.112713ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET> ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET writes:
- >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.
-
- Actually, more parts of PM are still 16-bit, such as the Window
- Manager and apparently also the GPI. They will be converted to 32-bit
- over the next year, as far as I know.
-
- Kai Uwe Rommel
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