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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Windows 3.1 and BBS software
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.165729.11541@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1992Dec30.211530.28662@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <1993Jan1.120522.28801@actrix.gen.nz>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 16:57:29 GMT
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- In <1993Jan1.120522.28801@actrix.gen.nz> Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
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- >OS/2 v2.x is an excellent platform for what Kevin is trying to do. There is an
- >OS/2 version of Maximus that does the job very well.
- >
- >You would need at least 6 megs with OS/2 v2.0.......though the upcoming V2.1
- >runs better in less memory. I have the beta for OS/2 2.1 running pretty well
- >on a 386DX/25 with 4 meg of RAM on a PC at work.
- >
- >There are several BBS's here in Wellington running Maximus on OS/2. The nice
- >part about is the vastly superior multi-tasking of OS/2 over Windows. This
- >shows especially when dealing with modems and comms programs. DOS comms run OK
- >under OS/2 but native OS/2 programs are definitly superior to anything around
- >for smooth multi-tasking - like Maximus for OS/2.
-
- Note that this does, however, have the problem of not allowing the use
- of most 'doors' (which are written to run on DOS) or of a lot of the
- Opus-compatible utilities that Maximus on DOS should be able to run.
-
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