Only one person in our office loved OS/2. He had an optical disk with many 32 GB partitions. Windows would not mount all of them, but OS/2 would. He was bad about filling up the C drive and would blindly start deleting stuff. I would have to reload the stuff he broke and move some stuff to the optical drive. He had either an ibm computer or a good clone.
I read that windows 3.0 would install on some version of OS/2 1.x, but it was limited to running in real mode. This capability was removed in windows 3.1.
Looking for a 2nd OS for my 286 I found your Xenix video. When I realized Xenix was cool but almost useless, I installed v1.3, so here I am again! Unfortunately there isn't a lot of information out there about it.
The only computer I was able to install OS/2 1.3 on was an IBM ThinkPad 770 with a pentium 233. It was the IBM version not the Microsoft version, I was able to install MS windows 2.03 in a Dos session no problem.
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Sweet Video Brotha!
Only one person in our office loved OS/2. He had an optical disk with many 32 GB partitions. Windows would not mount all of them, but OS/2 would. He was bad about filling up the C drive and would blindly start deleting stuff. I would have to reload the stuff he broke and move some stuff to the optical drive. He had either an ibm computer or a good clone.
As a child, my father ran OS/2 Warp 3 on our main computer (perfect dos emulation, OK windows emulation). It's good to see the earlier version.
Nice video. Thanks
Very interesting! despite being around at the time and very interested in PC's I never saw OS/2 actually running
I read that windows 3.0 would install on some version of OS/2 1.x, but it was limited to running in real mode. This capability was removed in windows 3.1.
Looking for a 2nd OS for my 286 I found your Xenix video. When I realized Xenix was cool but almost useless, I installed v1.3, so here I am again! Unfortunately there isn't a lot of information out there about it.
8:56 you tried Windows 3.1. Windows 3.0 OG is compatable with OS/2 1.x. Windows 3.1 is not
Have you heard about 86Box? It's a fork of PCem that has some more recent updates and focuses a little more on accuracy
Actually no. But I will have a look at it. Thanks for the input!
I wish OS/2, and for that matter any *NIX derivative, would detect a picoMEM for storage! My 486 is suffering, and I’m running out of CF cards!
It looked like you tried Windows 3.1. Windows 3.0 should actually work. I have seen it in action. They are not the same. :)
Good hint. Indeed I tried 3.1. Will give it a try using 3.0.
The only computer I was able to install OS/2 1.3 on was an IBM ThinkPad 770 with a pentium 233. It was the IBM version not the Microsoft version, I was able to install MS windows 2.03 in a Dos session no problem.