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Martin Iturbide:
Hi
--- Quote from: RTAN on September 14, 2024, 07:58:47 am ---It sounds like you'll very likely have them all though since mine will all be either English (UK) or English (US) versions.
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What it will be helpful, if you have it in your collection and can easily identified which version are English (UK) or English (US), please double check if the I had mark them correctly on the Wiki.
Regards
RTAN:
Hi Martin,
I'll do my best! I *think* that one way to identify the English (UK) version is by starting the installation process (which I'm obviously happy to do!) because I believe that when I've installed some of them it's defaulted to a keyboard layout of "English (UK)" without me having to change it from the usual default of "English (US)". I'll let you know how I get on!
Richard.
nathana:
--- Quote from: RTAN on September 14, 2024, 03:39:38 pm ---
--- Quote from: Martin Iturbide on September 14, 2024, 03:25:24 pm ---Hi
--- Quote from: RTAN on September 14, 2024, 07:58:47 am ---It sounds like you'll very likely have them all though since mine will all be either English (UK) or English (US) versions.
--- End quote ---
What it will be helpful, if you have it in your collection and can easily identified which version are English (UK) or English (US), please double check if the I had mark them correctly on the Wiki.
--- End quote ---
I *think* that one way to identify the English (UK) version is by starting the installation process (which I'm obviously happy to do!) because I believe that when I've installed some of them it's defaulted to a keyboard layout of "English (UK)" without me having to change it from the usual default of "English (US)".
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I am not 100% sure about OS/2 2.x, and I don't actually own any U.K. releases to compare in person, but at least for Warp 3.0, I have noticed the following obvious factors in online pictures over the years:
* Physically, the U.S. boxes for Warp 3 are like the OS/2 2.1 boxes, where they are two-piece and they sit on their back while you remove the front (like a shoe box). But the U.K. Warp 3 boxes are like the other European Warp 3 boxes, where they are one-piece boxes and stand up straight while you open a flap at the top (like a cereal box).
* Prior to the updated wavy Warp logo (Connect-style), the slogan in the upper-left of the front of the box is different between U.S. and U.K. For U.S. boxes, this reads "Your on-ramp to the information superhighway." For U.K. boxes, this reads "World's most-popular 32-bit PC operating system". I believe other European releases say the same as the U.K. ones but just translated into the target market language. When the new logo refresh happened, both U.S. and U.K. standardized on "The totally cool way to run your computer" (or, with Connect, they add "...to run and network...")
* For OS/2 Warp Red Spine specifically, the back of the U.S. box actually doesn't use the word Warp anywhere in the marketing copy. It says "OS/2 v3" at the top. I believe this was related to the very last-minute decision to use the OS/2 3.0 internal codename in the actual product name. This was finally corrected for Warp Blue Spine in the U.S., but did not get fixed for U.S. Red Spine until the wavy logo refresh occurred (though Warp Connect Red Spine also said "OS/2 Warp" on the back). For U.K. and Europe, I believe all copies of all variants/editions say "OS/2 Warp" on the back.
* Inside the box, the printed manuals for U.K. and Europe are taller than the U.S. manuals. Think Letter vs. A4 paper size kind of proportional difference.
* U.K. and Europe CD-ROM releases all seem to use plastic jewel cases to house the compact disc, while U.S. releases use paper or cardboard sleeves for the disc.
* Software-wise, the non-U.S. releases (except for some Japanese ones, curiously...but this at least seems to hold true for all European continent releases) do not seem to include the U.S. gov't centric text in the boot screen, or printed on the media labels: "US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication, or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp." (included on U.S. release, omitted from U.K. and European copies)
I think all OS/2 2.0 boxes were single-piece, top-flap-opened boxes, and that IBM moved back to standardizing on that box style internationally with Warp 4 as well. OS/2 2.1 in the U.S. is I believe where the box styles started to diverge between U.S. and rest of the world, until Warp 4. The text and layout for OS/2 2.0 between U.S. and U.K. / Europe I believe is notably different, however, but by Warp 4, it seems that IBM finally managed to unify most of the packaging across the board (with possible exception of Asian markets).
Martin Iturbide:
Thanks Nathana, excellent observations, those helps me a lot.
RTAN:
Thanks for such a detailed write-up and explanation NathanA.
Do you, or does anyone else, know in what file the "US Government Users" statement resides? I guess I could do a text search across *all* files but I'm not actually sure if it's real text or whether it's part of the boot screen graphic.
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