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- From: rmk@frog.CRDS.COM (Rick Kelly)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: OS/2 bigot meets NT....
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.055909.15088@frog.CRDS.COM>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 05:59:09 GMT
- References: <1992Dec24.035348.26595@actrix.gen.nz> <1992Dec24.033418.28702@wam.umd.edu> <1992Dec24.200625.4977@actrix.gen.nz>
- Organization: Charles River Data Systems
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- In article <1992Dec24.200625.4977@actrix.gen.nz> Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
- >In article <1992Dec24.033418.28702@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
- >> In article <1992Dec24.035348.26595@actrix.gen.nz> Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
- >> >the 125 meg drive. I have 8 megs of 70ns RAM and the system runs very much
- >> >like OS/2 on 4 megs with no HPFS.
- >>
- >>
- >> As it should. 8 megs is the NT minimum.
- >>
- >> Plus, you *should expect crashes*. Installing any OS,
- >> NT or OS/2, is not the same as just plugging in an HD
- >> with the os installed. It must be configured for your hardware
- >> and your motherboard.
- >
- >The guy in Auckland is using the same computer I am using - same motherboard,
- >same I/O adapter (brand names).....
- >
- >Also, he installed it with 8 megs of RAM....then added 8 more later.
- >
- >>
- >> I should tell you some of what you get when moving
- >> OS/2 by backing up to tape.
- >
- >Moving the hard disk to another machine with standard components should cause
- >no trouble. I can understand going from IDE to SCSI would cause havoc, but in
- >this case, the motherboards are the same, the video card is the same, the I/O
- >adaptor is the same, the floppies are the same, the hard disk is the *very*
- >same one.
-
- Ah, you didn't intone the secret Microsoft incantations that are needed to
- run NT on a system where it never ran before.
-
- Or perhaps it found some extraneous OS/2 bits in you ram chips.
-
- >> >I don't hink I am in any danger whatever of becoming an NT bigot based on what
- >> >I have seen so far. Having gone from the OS/2 2.1 beta to the NT
- >> >beta.....there is no real comparison.
- >>
- >> Add 8 more megs and reinstall the system from scratch, then
- >> repost. As it stands, you're FUDding.
- >
- >I am getting 4 x 4meg simms on Tuesday. As for the FUD....I am relating what
- >happened when I used NT. If it weren't true.....that might be FUD. The fact
- >is, the system needs 16megs of RAM and eats up 90megs of hard disk....whatever
- >machine you install it on.....
- >
- >My main criticisms are the size and the interface. The fact that it crashed on
- >an average of every 7 minutes was just adding sport to the exercise. There
- >were 5 of us standing there playing with it and we had a rgeat time opening
- >Windows wondering if this was the *the* one that would knock NT over......
-
- Were you putting any money on it? This could be a great party game.
-
- >This is advocacy. I *said* I was an OS/2 bigot! My posts on NT after an hour
- >or 90 minutes use are tongue in cheek anyway.
-
-
- But I'm sure that satisfied OS/2 users everywhere appreciate the sacrifice
- that you made. :-)
-
- That's it! Did you remember to sacrifice a goat or a Porsche 959 in front
- of the computer before booting NT? :-) :-)
-