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- From: merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: How is FrameMaker under OS/2?
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 22:36:31 -0800
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- References: <1993Jan26.042652.26256@odetics.com>
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- #I do not have an OS/2 system up yet, but I am being gently pushed
- #in that direction. I asked the FrameMaker folks if my MS-Windows
- #version would run under OS/2. The official answer is "not reliably".
- #Then I noticed the one byte patch in the OS/2 FAQ (thank you
- #Tim). I less trusting individual might think that FrameMaker had
- #deliberatly put an OS/2 incompatable instruction in the code, but I
- #would never think such a thing!
- #
- #At any rate, I was wondering if anyone had actually attempted the
- #patch and how well FrameMaker then runs under OS/2. Also, once
- #patched will the MAKER.EXE file still run under MS-Windows? FrameMaker
- #is the ONE program that is holding me to MS-windows.
-
- Dear Frank,
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- I never tried the patch -- so I can't tell you whether it works
- reliably. The patch is not simply an incompatible instruction
- -- it is really something much more innocuous -- it is simply a
- test to confirm the program is running in protected mode -- the
- patch is intended to remove the check.
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- What I can tell you though is that FrameMaker runs very well on
- OS/2 2.1 beta -- a product which is scheduled to be available in
- a general release to he public in March 1993.
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- You could apply the patch -- shouldn't be any problem -- or wait
- for OS/2 2.1 GA release in March 1993.
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- Merlin Never let it be forgot
- The Magician That there once was a spot
- King Arthur's Court For one brief shining moment
- Camelot That was known as Camelot
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