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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Which version of OS/2 in box or preinstalled?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.165846.4691@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 16:58:46 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov7.211148.27107@scott.skidmore.edu> pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel) writes:
- >I'm planning to buy a PC with OS/2 preinstalled. Which version of
- >OS/2 do they install? (GA or GA/SP or ??). Along the same line, if
- >you buy OS/2, is this still GA, or do they update their disks as
- >service packs come out?
-
- Preinstalled OS/2 is at Version 2.00.1, which is something like GA
- plus the Service Pack (but not exactly).
-
- IBM does routinely update its distribution -- you'll see "Refresh
- level xxxx" on the outside of the box. I understand that OS/2 2.0
- retail packages, however, won't get updated until Win-OS/2 3.1 is
- ready.
-
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