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Skriven 2011-06-14 18:57:00 av Holger Granholm (2:20/228)
     Kommentar till en text av Ed Vance
Ärende: Re: MS-DOS
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In a message dated 06-13-11, Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:

Hi Ed,

HG>It's a pity that you and so many others jumped over OS/2. M$ once
HG>had its hook there too but left IBM to do the rest.

EV>I got my 486 in 1994, I can't remember when IBM started selling
EV>OS/2.

Going back in my history book I ran the OS/2 demo v2.0 in 1993 and the
same year I installed v2.1. After that I have upgraded through v2.11,
v3.0, Warp 4 and through various FP (FixPaks) to FP-12 in this machine.
All versions and FixPaks have been free.

Now IBM has deserted OS/2 but it lives on through eComStation (eCS) but
isn't free any more. eCS has gone through various iterations and is now
up to v2.0 GA I believe.

EV>I had heard that MS-DOS 5.0 was the First Real Good DOS from a
EV>friend so 5.0 was what I wanted.

I abandoned MS-DOS after v3.3 when v4.0 came out as a bad proposition.
After that I have used PC-DOS v5.0, v6.3, v7.0 and finally v7.2. Now
version 7.0 is also included with OS/2 and has been updated by the FP's

EV>I did ask my PC builder to include a set of Windows 3.1 Floppys in
EV>case I wanted to install it.

Windows v3.11 was also included with OS/2 v3.0 and Warp 4

I started with Windows at v1.3 and went up through the versions to v3.11
In v1.3 through v2.1 it wasn't blessed with a GUI. The menu you started
from was named MS-DOS Executive and was very similar to the menu of the
PCTools 6.0 and PCTools deluxe menu.

Now I have XP on my ThinkPad.

EV>I am glad You and Others still use OS/2 and like it.
EV>I never have been anywhere where a OS/2 box was used to learn
EV>anything about it.

Once hooked it's very difficult to abandon it.

EV>In later years I did get a IBM PC-DOS v7 CD at a Thrift Store and
EV>placed it on the 486 box, because I heard that it was a very good
EV>DOS.

Yes, it's very good, it even includes CentralPoint (ex. PCTools) backup
and maybe other ex. PCTools programs. I don't remember and care since
all those programs are out-of-date now but I remember that CP Backup was
one of few backup programs that could backup to tape streamers as well.

CU L8ER, Sam, OH0NC

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