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MS OS/2 1.0 on ebay - New,sealed.

Started by miturbide, 2010.11.23, 23:51:40

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miturbide

Just checking on ebay.

MS OS/2 1.0
http://cgi.ebay.com/...

"In order to comply with Microsoft OEM licensing agreement this software will be bundled with a piece of computer hardware."

What the... ?   :D :D :D :D :D
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neozeed

Microsoft OS/2 1.0-1.21 wasn't a retail product, it was strictly OEM...  1.3 was the 'retail' version since by that time, nobody wanted anything to do with 16bit OS/2..

If I recall, OS/2 retailed ~$300 while MS-DOS could be had for $50 and under.....

cyberspittle

Correct. I have an OEM version from Fujitsu. Can look in previous forum posts to see an image of it.

neozeed

Quote from: cyberspittle on 2011.06.03, 20:51:38
Correct. I have an OEM version from Fujitsu. Can look in previous forum posts to see an image of it.

I had a Compaq.. I recall it being rather... un-exciting.

You'd have thought that not only would a revolutionary product demand revolutionary packaging, but they wouldn't charge so damned much when compared to MS-DOS for it.