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- From: sdk@med.ge.com
- Subject: why OS/2
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- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 22:19:04 GMT
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- After reading IBM literature, talking with one individual and
- thinking about the postings here I decided that I should post
- several questions and study the responses before making any
- purchases.
-
- 1. If you value the ability to multi task as a driver to use
- OS/2, how much to you **really** multitask ?
-
- 2. Is there any context in which OS/2 can be used to multitask
- and **not** force the user into a 'windows' mode ? This
- question in regard to (1) several user developed tasks that
- only require non graphical I/O or (2) do the multitude of
- existing DOS applications programs only work in the window
- mouse world ?
-
- 3. How would you rate OS/2 as an operating system if it's
- user interface were limited to a text based command line
- interpreter ? Does it have such a facility ?
-
- 4. Does the OS/2 file system allow a user to keep many versions
- of a file ? (like VMS)
-
- 5. Are tasks limited by the amount of physical memory configured or
- does the concept (of virtual memory) extend to some part of the system disk ?
-
- 6. Finally, put yourself in the position of asking this question:
- I am not a Icon-Mouse-Window person, what can I accomplish with
- this OS/2 tool ?
-
- I should add that my hardware platform is 25 Mhz 386, micro channel with
- a 120 Mb disk and 8 Mb Ram.
-
- Tnx, steve
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