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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: A few questions
- Message-ID: <1992Nov7.165125.17870@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1992Nov7.152553.12931@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 16:51:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov7.152553.12931@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> cjshaw@nyx.cs.du.edu (Chris Shaw) writes:
- >I am in the process of upgrading my struggling 8086 to a shiny new 486 and
- >am considering the benefits of OS/2 2.0. I have a couple of queries which
- >I wonder if anyone can answer.
- >- Does it now support TrueType fonts in Windows 3.1 apps?
-
- In the beta version, yes, Win-OS/2 3.1 (with TrueType) is available.
- It should be another month or so until it is released.
-
- >- What multimedia support does it have? Will Windows 3.1 sound card
- > drivers work with it or does it come with its own drivers?
-
- Yes, when Win-OS/2 3.1 is available it will contain the multimedia
- extensions. MMPM/2, the OS/2 multimedia extensions, are presently an
- extra cost item (but rumors abound that that will change).
-
- >- When OS/2 has been booted from a floppy, can it access and run DOS
- > software in the HPFS partition?
-
- Not without some hacking. OS/2 booted from a floppy is a minimalist
- system (OS/2 command line), with no DOS, PM, or WPS support. But it
- can, however, access HPFS volumes.
-
- --
- Timothy F. Sipples | The OS/2 FREQ. ASKED QUESTIONS LIST 2.0g is avail.
- sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu | from 128.123.35.151, anonymous ftp, in /pub/os2/all
- Dept. of Econ., Univ. | /faq, or from LISTSERV@BLEKUL11.BITNET (send "HELP")
- of Chicago, 60637 | [You picked the right President, America -- Thanks.]
-