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OS/2: my success story

Started by vonfluez, 2007.11.18, 12:24:42

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vonfluez

Just a story! :)

I installed OS/2 originally around 96.
At some point in time, around 2000, I installed WARP, on a DIGITAL 90mhz pentium, with 125mb harddrive, main memory I forget.
The point is:
It's my wifes computer and still running. I haven't even seen it since, just acouple of times for backups.
It has coral draw 4.0 (windows 3.0) installed also.
since day 1, no crash, no format c: and the harddrive is still turning, it's used everyday in the store.

that's it! :D
actually this year I'm transfering everthing to linux (but a faster computer).

Pete

Hi

Interesting story which reads a bit like:-

Having used Warp successfully for years without problems I'm now dropping it in favour of linux.


Maybe some explanation for the move to linux after such a successful use of OS/2 would be in order?  :-)

Have fun

Pete

jagmonty

Hi all,

yes now that is something I really don't understand :-\.

After a wonderful testament to the effortless use of OS/2 and how great a system it has been, then, almost as a P.S. you mention that it's being changed to linux ???.


Cheers,
Glenn

Dennis

I would understand an upgrade to eCS...

I installed OS/2 v3 on a desktop in 1993, Warp 4 as soon after as I could. I think it's on FP 13, but not sure. Haven't changed the installation in years. Had Warp 4 installed on a new notebook about 5 years ago. Recently upgraded to eCS.  Would upgrade the other system, but it's kind of slow--built in 1998--and I don't want to overwhelm it.

BigWarpGuy

I have the latest version of eCS (1.2r) on a Thinkpad T23. It works great. The T23 is not overwhelmed. The T23 is refurbished by IBM. It is a few years old.  ;D    8)

ModZilla

#5
eCS (1.2r) ha, would eCS rel. 2 work on an "older system" and not become: ""overwhelmed""
even a virtualized IBM 77oZ laptop would take the whippin-progress always pays a cost which is way beyond its price, kind of Malthusian it seems; Linux distros are certainly useful but why not get a dual boot thing going, why hell why not put VMware to the task and run several OSes simultaneously, on the faster computer; just a thought...BTW Sun Solaris/Studio Dev will load and run on almost anything without having to worry about partitions and works well with GRUB, I put it on my new Gateway and have room for lots of partitions, BWG, do you have any ideas on how to partion HPFS and NTFS on the same boot loader config?


MZ

green is good, blue is better
someday os2 will be ruled by the young and famous-at least in the open-source world!

BigWarpGuy

I have never tried using NTFS and HPFS on the same drive.  I have separate computers; one for eCS and one for Win.  8)

lwriemen

Quote from: BigWarpGuy on 2007.11.21, 21:18:47
I have the latest version of eCS (1.2r) on a Thinkpad T23. It works great. The T23 is not overwhelmed. The T23 is refurbished by IBM. It is a few years old.  ;D    8)
A T23! Maybe someday I'll upgrade my eCS systems to something that fast.  :D

I'm writing this on my T21; my desktop has a 700MHz AMD Slot A.

BigWarpGuy

I am hoping to try 2.o on my Thinkpad and my (future) mini-itx project.  8) 

I mentioned 1.2r since it is the most current one available to non-software subscription customers.  8)