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- Path: sparky!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Bob_BobR_Retelle
- From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: A letter to Dave Baggett
- Message-ID: <73275@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 15:51:14 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1i7dalINNelp@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
- <93010539@ritz.mordor.com><1993Jan6.123352.3450@wg.estec.nl>
- <H.ea.T8tPKI2qGqM@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca>
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- Chris Herborth writes:
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- >No, he means _real_ operating systems, like OS/2. You know, that
- >multi-tasking, multi-threading OS from IBM? The one that does better
- >DOS than DOS?
- [...]
- >Unless somebody can convince me otherwise, I think I'm going to buy a
- >'486 and run OS/2. It's almost like unix, but with real applications...
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- Just incidentally, how much is MultiTOS going to cost when it finally
- is released (whenever that might be)..?
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- I know that it will cost me over $140 to upgrade to TOS 2.06 in ROM..
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- OS/2 is available *NOW* from IBM, on CD-ROM, for $15.00
-
- (Quick.. somebody get David P-Z a glass of water before he chokes..)
-
- BobR
-