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- From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
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- Subject: Re: More advertising
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- Date: 29 Dec 1992 16:52:32 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.155440.23938@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
- >>"With an operating system that can run all of your DOS, Windows, and OS/2
- > ^^^
- > Pull this word.
-
- You're being unnecessarily pedantic - there's NO OS that meets the criterion
- you're holding OS/2 up to.
-
- > Can't we be honest? OS/2 takes more than 30 megs of HD space
-
- Hahahaha. It can be installed quite nicely in less than 30.
-
- > and a lot more than 4 megs of RAM. This is part of the problem--
- > you can't solve it by promoting the same lies. Come on, OS/2
- > *needs* at least 6 to function -- sluggishly! -- but 4 is a
-
- It works just fine in 6. This is yet more FUD.
-
- > joke (yes, I've tried it post SP). If IBM would allow you to boot
- > w/o the WPS, it might be better, but that pretty much makes the
- > system useless. (There's only so much benefit you get from OS/2
- > wit one fullscreen prompt).
-
- I guess you didn't try SET RUNWORKPLACE=CMD.EXE, then, did you? It allows you
- to take advantage of everything but the WPS; in particular, you get all of the
- PM support and multitasking facilities.
- --
- Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
- jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu | adequately be explained by stupidity.
- "Brought to you by the letters O, S, and by the number 2." -- Mike Levis
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