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- From: bkatz@epas.utoronto.ca (Bernard Katz)
- Subject: ATI Wonder card; PC Tools
- Organization: University of Toronto - EPAS
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 18:03:16 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.180316.5758@epas.toronto.edu>
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- I have been considering the possibility of putting OS/2 2.0 on
- my machine (386DX; 8 MB ram; 2-85 MB hard disks). I have it in
- mind to keep DOS 5.0 and add OS/2, using the dual boot option.
- There are a couple of things that I am concerned about.
-
- (1) I have a non-interlaced Super VGA monitor and a 1 MB ATI VGA
- Wonder card (1024 x 768). From some of the stuff I have seen here,
- I have the impression that it is sometimes a problem to get OS/2
- 2.0 to work properly with some monitors or video cards. Does
- anyone know whether it will work okay with the set up I have
- described?
-
- (2) Does anyone know whether OS/2 2.0 is compatible with PC Tools?
- I assume that you cannot use such utilities when you boot from
- OS/2, but what about when you simply boot from DOS? In particular,
- if you use CP Backup to backup up your hard disk, will it backup
- OS/2 files properly? And will using the PC Tools disk optimizer
- cause havoc with a hard disk that has OS/2 on it?
-
- I would be grateful for any information anyone might have
- about this.
-
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- Bernard Katz
- Department of Philosophy
- University of Toronto
-