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- From: das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A)
- Subject: Re: Don't let the Amiga Die (Part II)!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.055037.29390@usl.edu>
- Sender: anon@usl.edu (Anonymous NNTP Posting)
- Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
- References: <8798@orbit.cts.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 05:50:37 GMT
- Lines: 24
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- In article <8798@orbit.cts.com> marv@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Marv Gordon) writes:
- >papresco@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod) writes:
- >>>So? what DO you have in your system...Mem/HD Space taken by OS/2?
- >>
- >>Well, if I get rid of all the "applets" that it comes with (way more
- >>then AmigaDOS), Virtual memory (which AmigaDOS) doesn't have, Windows
- >>and DOS compatibliity, I think it would weigh in around 15MB. That's
- >>with fonts, icons, bitmaps drivers etc. OS/2 can boot off of a floppy
- >>if you want to...
- >
- >Sure OS/2 can boot off a floppy. I develop on it and have my OS/2/EE system
- >right next to me here. About all you can do after you boot off of the floppy
- >is move files around. Nice of you to forget to mention that....
-
- ...or run text-based program from other floppy disks. Can the Amiga
- boot off a floppy? Uh huh. Then what do the vast majority of
- Amigans do? *Right*. They swap disks.
-
- >INET: marv@pnet51.orb.mn.org
- --
- Dan Stephenson das9674@usl.edu
- "Yes Dan, I have heard of Ultima Underworld. From my point of view it
- appears to be a rather large stick which you seem to be using to beat
- everbody in this group with." -Mark Steyn, comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
-