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- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 92 20:48:00 -0800
- From: Boulton_Fernando@f514.n202.z1.fidonet.org
- Subject: A few questions
- Comment-To: Chris_Shaw@f514.n202.z1.fidonet.org
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- Reply-To: Boulton_Fernando@f514.n202.z1.fidonet.org
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- > 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?
-
- Winos2 3.1 is currently in Beta and it has full support for True Type
-
- Fonts
-
- > - What multimedia support does it have? Will Windows 3.1 sound card
-
- > drivers work with it or does it come with its own drivers?
-
- You have all that you have in Windows 3.1 in Winos2 3.1, to the best
- of my knowledge all the drivers that worked with Windows will work
- with Winos2 3.1. I currently use the Soundblaster Pro and it works
- fine.
-
- > - When OS/2 has been booted from a floppy, can it access and run
- DOS
-
- > software in the HPFS partition?
-
- Booting OS/2 from a floppy takes a long time but it gives access to
- HPFS partition. Even if you do you will not be able to run DOS
- programs. On the other hand you can boot DOS from a floppy but you
- will not be able to access HPFS partition
-
-
- > --- rfmail 0..
- > * Origin: Orphan Board West fido <-> unix gateway (1:202/723)
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- X KWQ/2 1.0C X
-
- --- Maximus/2 2.01wb
- * Origin: OS/2 Connection @ La Jolla, CA <619-558-9475> (1:202/514)
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