"OS/2 a better DOS than DOS and a better Windows than Windows."
And it really was. Though OS/2 never met its promise, it remains the best way to run DOS and Win 3.x programs. It will provide in a virtual DOS machine an optimal conventional memory and XMS configuration. Win OS/2 is much more stable than DOS/WIN. My favorite version is e-com station on pentiums and OS/2 Warp 3 for windows installed over Windows for Workgrouos 3.11 on 386 or 486 machines. Today, I run Warp 3 on a 100MHZ 486 with 64 megs of RAM. In the old days, instead of DOS I alwys ran a bare bones install of OS/2 2.1 with only DOS support and I used an IBM internal text version of the workplace shell. I have usd some version of OS/2 from the day it was released. The new e-com station is a pretty good operating system ( I do not own it yet) but is still hurt by the lack of operations. Interestingly, did you know that most ATM networks and ATM machines still run on an impementation of Warp 3 connect!
And it really was. Though OS/2 never met its promise, it remains the best way to run DOS and Win 3.x programs. It will provide in a virtual DOS machine an optimal conventional memory and XMS configuration. Win OS/2 is much more stable than DOS/WIN. My favorite version is e-com station on pentiums and OS/2 Warp 3 for windows installed over Windows for Workgrouos 3.11 on 386 or 486 machines. Today, I run Warp 3 on a 100MHZ 486 with 64 megs of RAM. In the old days, instead of DOS I alwys ran a bare bones install of OS/2 2.1 with only DOS support and I used an IBM internal text version of the workplace shell. I have usd some version of OS/2 from the day it was released. The new e-com station is a pretty good operating system ( I do not own it yet) but is still hurt by the lack of operations. Interestingly, did you know that most ATM networks and ATM machines still run on an impementation of Warp 3 connect!