kushner@ux5.lbl.gov (Gary Kushner) (05/02/91)
I was just wondering if anyone actually got a complete copy of the Beta? -Gary
hundt@samadams.princeton.edu (Tom Hundt) (05/04/91)
kushner@ux5.lbl.gov (Gary Kushner) writes: >I was just wondering if anyone actually got a complete copy of the Beta? >-Gary If it was anything like the beta copy we had around here (before the downloading business started), I wouldn't want it (yet): ours was pretty easy to crash. (Like, loading Word caused problems.) I'm going to wait for 2.1 :-) :-) -Tom Hundt
d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se (Mikael Wahlgren) (05/05/91)
In article <hundt.673302961@samadams> hundt@samadams.princeton.edu (Tom Hundt) writes: >kushner@ux5.lbl.gov (Gary Kushner) writes: > >>I was just wondering if anyone actually got a complete copy of the Beta? >>-Gary I know two persons that actually managed to download the whole package. I have also heard that only about 5 persons did manage to successfully download a copy without CRC-errors, before the file was on hold. Mikael Wahlgren d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se
AVP100@psuvm.psu.edu (05/06/91)
Hi:
For those who did not get the complete OS/2 beta, IBM is mailing the complet
e beta to them. This only applies to those people who d/l'ed it before the res
trictions. Latest postings from the IBM BBS indicate that only people who were
members before 4/30 will be allowed to d/l the OS/2 program when it is restore
d to the BBS. BTW, d/l takes about an entire day to d/l at 2400.
A.P.ford@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com (Dan Ford) (05/08/91)
hundt@samadams.princeton.edu (Tom Hundt) writes: > kushner@ux5.lbl.gov (Gary Kushner) writes: > > >I was just wondering if anyone actually got a complete copy of the Beta? > >-Gary > > If it was anything like the beta copy we had around here (before > the downloading business started), I wouldn't want it (yet): ours > was pretty easy to crash. (Like, loading Word caused problems.) > > I'm going to wait for 2.1 :-) :-) > Well, I've been using a pre-release of OS/2 2.0 for over a year now, and I haven't hung the machine in a long time (and BTW I load Word all the time). I have found it a fairly solid platform. Clearly there are still rough edges, but even with those, after using it for some time now I wouldn't switch to anything else. The truth is that OS/2 is NOW a better DOS than DOS and it will soon be a better Windows than Windows. How much do you enjoy watching that hourglass in Windows, I rarely see it for any noticeable time in OS/2 2.0. Dan Ford