TIM@MTUS5.BITNET (Timothy R Prodin) (05/07/90)
I remember seeing an article that it was under development, but I don't
remember where. If this is true, how will this affect OS/2 as the supported
os of the PS/2 line? This will be the first version that does not have
IBM as a co-developer (they officially dropped it at the end of the first
quarter of this year), and how will that affect it? Will this be a 286/386
version, abandoning all of those pc's and xt's?
Lots of questions, no answers.
-T.
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"Uh Oh! Looks Like Rain"philh@hpfcso.HP.COM (Phil Hutchinson) (05/08/90)
DOS 5.0 - That would be true. See the article on the front page of PC WEEK dated April 30, 1990, VOL.7 NO. 17. '...is designed to run faster yet consume less memory that the current release, version 4.01' Phil Hutchinson
ajayshah@aludra.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) (05/09/90)
In article <90126.174503TIM@MTUS5.BITNET> TIM@MTUS5.BITNET (Timothy R Prodin) writes: >remember where. If this is true, how will this affect OS/2 as the supported >os of the PS/2 line? This will be the first version that does not have >IBM as a co-developer (they officially dropped it at the end of the first >quarter of this year), and how will that affect it? Will this be a 286/386 >version, abandoning all of those pc's and xt's? Looks like a lot of partings-of-ways these days, actually. IBM's new machine (i believe it's a simple 286 running MSDOS) is the first sign of IBM faltering on OS/2. IBM's official line of the Apple-Microsoft fonts ain't so benign either. Considering the prices of the low-end PS/2 as compared with the low-end IBM RISC workstation, could IBM be trying to dump the PS/2 line altogether? I.e., have a lineup composed of a 286-MSDOS machine at low-end and next stop is a $4k RISC workstation? _______________________________________________________________________________ Ajay Shah, (213)747-9991, ajayshah@usc.edu The more things change, the more they stay insane. _______________________________________________________________________________