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- From: mortenk@dhhalden.no (MORTEN KNUDSEN)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 in 4 megs. Useable.
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- References: <1993Jan6.105506.7127@gw.wmich.edu>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:31:25 GMT
-
- In article <1993Jan6.105506.7127@gw.wmich.edu> x90wardell@gw.wmich.edu writes:
- >From: x90wardell@gw.wmich.edu
- >Subject: OS/2 in 4 megs. Useable.
- >Date: 6 Jan 93 10:55:06 EST
- > Everyone seems to say that OS/2 is simply unusable in under
- >8 megs ram on the computer. This is not the case. If you want to use
- >OS/2 2.0 on a 4 meg machine (which I have done many times) you simply
- >don't want to use the work place shell. Its the workplace shell that
- >eats up so much memory that 4 meg systems are too slow.
- >
- > If you have 4 megs, do the following:
- >
- > change in your config.sys the line where it says
- >run workplace=...pmshell.exe to cmd.exe.
- >
- > Next create a startup.cmd in your root directory. If you
- >like text modes, then have it stay start /fs cmd.exe and you will
- >get a fullscreen OS/2 session. If you want a graphical shell still,
- >get Norton Commander for OS/2. It comes with a menu program and a fairly
- >slick file manager that takes up very little memory. With this, you
- >can run OS/2 quite well and still run your DOS, Windows and OS/2 files.
- >This set up makes OS/2 run about as well as Windows 3.1 runs on a
- >386 with 2 megs of memory. (To compare). 4 megs with the Workplace shell
- >on is virtually useless. Also, do not use the HPFS.
- >
- > 8 Megs is still better of course but 4 megs is not useless if you
- >aren't afraid of modifying your config.sys
- >
- > -Brad
- >
- First of all, WPS what I like most about OS/2 2.0. It just beats the
- hell out of both progman and NDW. Secondly, a 386 w/2M (to me, at least)
- is pretty much useless. If I had only 2-4M I'd rather use descview or
- something.
-