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- From: timbol@netcom.com (Mike Timbol)
- Subject: Win32s in OS/2 2.1?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.213821.25685@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1993Jan2.183949.21569@midway.uchicago.edu> <1993Jan4.194707.3242@lmt.mn.org>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 21:38:21 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan4.194707.3242@lmt.mn.org> elliott@lmt.mn.org (David Elliott MIS x 363) writes:
- >sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples) writes:
- >> In article <1993Jan01.203427.18379@rose.com> victor.ng@rose.com (victor ng) writes:
- >> >I was just wondering how OS/2 now support 386 Enhanced mode Windows
- >> >apps if this compromises system integrity like so many people have
- >> >said in the past.
- >>
- >> An excellent question, one which I'm still investigating.
- >>
- >> All I know is that Mathematica for Windows now works. :-)
- >>
- >The critical distinction, I'm told, is that OS/2 does not "run Windows
- >in enhanced mode", but rather "runs programs that require enhanced mode".
- >It does this by supplying a DLL containing the necessary Enhanced mode
- >entry points and mapping them into nice, wholesome OS/2 calls. :-)
- >(This info is only what I've been told; I have not verified it personally.
- >However, it was an IBMer who made the distinction for me.)
- >--
- >Elliott | "I think I'll kill myself," Sue Sighed. | #pragma(disclaim)
-
- OK, since the 2.1 Beta supports enhanced mode applications, how about
- Win32s? Could someone with both the OS/2 2.1 Beta and the October
- Windows NT Beta (with Win32s) try this out for me :)? Thanks.
-
- - Mike
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