Best OS/2 1.3 or 2.1 Machine

Bjørn bv at norbionics.com
Sat Oct 8 08:09:37 CDT 2005


On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 23:50:25 +0200, Teo Zenios <teoz at neo.rr.com> wrote:

> I was wondering since IBM produced OS/2 did any of their machines (PS/2
> series maybe) run OS/2 better then clones or other companies machines. I
> have OS/2 1.1 Extended up to 4.0 in my collection and was thinking of
> getting a dedicated machine to test them out on. Since I have used Warp
> before I was thinking about trying the older versions like 2.1.
>
With OS/2 versions 1.x, there were at times dramatic performance  
differences between a PS/2 and an AT or compatible, or more precicesly  
between ABIOS/MCA computers and those without ABIOS. It was very  
noticeable when you used the database server.

I spent a lot of time trying to get Microsoft OS/2 1.1 working properly on  
an early Mitac 386. It took some faxes to the Mitac developers in Taiwan  
(who were not too fluent in English) to get the problems solved.

With OS/2 version 2.x and newer, there is no difference that I have  
noticed.

-- 
-bv


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