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- From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
- Subject: IBM OS/2 news at PC92
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.005710.19660@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
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- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 00:57:10 GMT
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- Last Friday I went to PC92 (that's the Australian computer show, in
- Melbourne last week). IBM had a HUGE stand, made up of GIANT OS/2 boxes
- stretching up to the ceiling. They were throwing OS/2 at people for $99
- (normally about $160) and at one stage had 4 people serving at the sales
- counter and were still undermanned!
-
- There were people from Lotus and other companies around showing off the
- OS/2 apps (apparently Lotus is bringing out one mega-huge package later
- in the year, spreadsheet, word processor and something else, all 32bit
- in one package).
-
- I was very impressed with the DEMO. They had a PS/2 with XGA running
- Wing Commander 2 in a 256 colour window with a video playing in the
- corner and a couple of other apps around. They were switch WC2 from
- window to full screen effortlessly and I haven't seen ANYTHING as fast
- as that coing out of OS/2. That machine was flying (no pun intended).
- That hardware combination was awesome.
-
- One very interesting thing one of their guys told me was that in
- November (IBM US says september, so OZ say November :-) they will be
- doing a complete product replacement for the 32bit engine and WIN3.1
- support (among other things). It is not an upgrade, nor is it a CSD, but
- a complete replacement - Don't know how they plan to do it.
-
-
- One very amusing anecdote: When walking past the Microsoft stand
- (demonstrating 3.1 - no NT in sight - and if I see another mahcine
- playing WIN3.1 solitaire again I will smash it. We got so sick of it we
- started deleting it from machines or making it run minesweeper instead
- :-). Anyway, walking past the MS stand, one of the demonstrators opened
- a cupboard to get something out of the back of the stand, and what shuld
- I see, but a PC running OS/2! I was very amused. I made a comment about
- MS running OS/2 and she mumbled something under her breath abou it not
- being a problem. I thought it was very funny.
-
-
- --
- Tom J Parry.
- Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
-