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- From: ucgadkw@ucl.ac.uk (Dominik Wujastyk)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: OS/2 2.1 specifications, release date.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.233415.4712@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 23:34:15 GMT
- References: <1992Dec15.051411.5732@umr.edu> <1992Dec16.142447.5318@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk> <1992Dec16.161007.23234@muddcs.claremont.edu> <1992Dec22.213657.23840@mercury.ncat.edu>
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- >In article <1992Dec16.161007.23234@muddcs.claremont.edu> tlilley@jarthur.claremont.edu (Thomas (Ted) Lilley) writes:
- >>>>>In article <3500@accucx.cc.ruu.nl> nevries@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Nico E de Vries) writes:
- >>>>>>Here the official specs of OS/2 2.1 directly from IBM:
- >>>>>>
- >>>>>>- more printer drivers
- >>>>>>- Windows 3.1 support
- >>>>>>- native Windows 3.1 performance with 8Mb RAM machines
- >>>>>>- improved performance for low memory configurations
- >>>>>>- 32bit graphics engine
- >>>>>>- multimedia support
- >>>>>>- portable PC support
- >>>>>>- CD-ROM version
- >>>
- >>>In another posting somewhere (!) I read that 2.1 would include DPMI support.
- >>>Is that so?
- >>
- >>OS/2 already has DPMI 0.9 support. If you mean DPMI support in WinOS/2,
- >>I would imagine that the possibility of running enhanced mode apps would
- >>mean there will be Windows DPMI support.
- >>
- >>I don't believe it is certain yet that WinOS/2 3.1 will run enhanced mode apps
- >>though. Anyone know for sure?
- >>
- >>Ted
-
- I'm sorry I started this sub-thread, because I made a mistake in my
- question: I was wondering if OS/2 DOS windows would support
- VCPI, not DPMI.
-
- Dominik
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