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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: WinOS2 under specific DOS?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.231440.8505@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <92244.140517TPERMUTT@UMAB.BITNET>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 23:14:40 GMT
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- In article <92244.140517TPERMUTT@UMAB.BITNET> Thomas Permutt <TPERMUTT@UMAB.BITNET> writes:
- >I want to buy a cheap CD-ROM drive and use Windows CD-ROM software under
- >OS/2. Is this likely to work? I have seen it suggested that most eccentric
- >device drivers will work properly under a specific DOS session. Is it
- >possible to run WinOS2 in a specific DOS session? If so, can I just copy
- >the WinOS2 full screen icon and set DOS_STARTUP_DRIVE to A:, or is it
- >trickier?
-
- Yes -- you've got it right.
-
- But why not buy something that works without fuss under OS/2 2.0? For
- CD-ROM the safest approach, currently, is an Adaptec SCSI adapter with
- a Toshiba (late model) or IBM CD-ROM drive. Others may (and do) work,
- but that's the best buying advice I have as of today.
-
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