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Post #113,269
by static
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8/9/03 6:26:51 AM
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New OS/2 in not really all that odd spots.
S390s (or whatever they're called these days) run OS/2 boxes as consoles, too. Probably keeps the operators running things they're not supposed to as a side effect. :-)

Wade.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
 
Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.
Post #113,566
by jake123
8/12/03 8:56:33 AM
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New Mostly threading and virtual memory management
Warp is a lot better at that than Windows is. I understand the scheduler and pager was basically written by a bunch of the old VM guys seconded in to clean it up for version 1.3 after the MS divorce.

I have both Warp and Windows partitions on this particular box; I can run so many more programs under OS/2 and retain responsiveness over Windows that it's not even amusing... more sad. Even Moz is pretty good on a P200, as long as you have at least 96MB RAM in the thing. It'll thrash like a pig if you need to switch to another big program (say WordPro for example) but after the switch is completed the programs perform very well.
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Post #113,588
by folkert
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8/12/03 11:02:14 AM
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New No, No, No...
OS/2 is DEAD....

Com on GUYS... it's been like 10 years and you are STILL using something that works?

GAH... OS/2 Biggots... (Of which *I* still have my wrapped Warp 3 CDs, I think...)

And my 1.3 install Diskettes and the Free Upgrade to v2.0. I know I have.
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Post #113,865
by static
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8/15/03 7:57:36 AM
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New Oh, really?
I know of a medical specialist who still does his accounts on a Commodore 64 because it works. :-)

Wade.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
 
Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.
Post #114,464
by jake123
8/20/03 12:40:44 AM
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New The funny thing is...
us warpers are probably feeling a lot less pressure to move to linux than a lot of the Windows people are. No viruses, the system is stable, there are applications (all claims to the contrary notwithstanding), and it runs so well on modern hardware that it's just stupid.
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     Heads up: upgrade issue if you run SLES7 on iSeries LPARs - (slugbug) - (11) - Aug. 6, 2003, 11:16:28 AM EDT
         "What's your Quake frame rate?"... - (kmself) - (5) - Aug. 9, 2003, 01:50:21 AM EDT
             OS/2 in not really all that odd spots. - (static) - (4) - Aug. 9, 2003, 06:26:51 AM EDT
                 Mostly threading and virtual memory management - (jake123) - (3) - Aug. 12, 2003, 08:56:33 AM EDT
                     No, No, No... - (folkert) - (2) - Aug. 12, 2003, 11:02:14 AM EDT
                         Oh, really? - (static) - Aug. 15, 2003, 07:57:36 AM EDT
                         The funny thing is... - (jake123) - Aug. 20, 2003, 12:40:44 AM EDT
         No comment ;-) -NT - (kmself) - Aug. 9, 2003, 01:49:58 AM EDT
         Re: Heads up: upgrade issue if you run SLES7 on iSeries - (deSitter) - (3) - Aug. 15, 2003, 12:40:05 PM EDT
             Yes, it is a big deal.... - (slugbug) - (2) - Aug. 18, 2003, 10:29:10 PM EDT
                 Ewww. -NT - (imric) - Aug. 19, 2003, 09:21:09 AM EDT
                 All good things - (deSitter) - Aug. 20, 2003, 02:58:42 AM EDT

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