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From: luis@grinch.UUCP (luis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MS-DOS: What's going on?
Message-ID: <271@grinch.grinch.UUCP>
Date: 12 Dec 87 20:41:59 GMT
References: <1670@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: luis@grinch.UUCP (Luis Chanu)
Organization: Textural Software, San Jose, CA.
Lines: 27
Keywords: MS-DOS 3.3, 3.4, 3.31, 4.0, etc.

In article <1670@bsu-cs.UUCP> mithomas@bsu-cs.UUCP (Michael Thomas Niehaus) writes:
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>IBM insists that OS/2 is THE operating system.
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>Still, though, I do not have any sure evidence of what is going on with
>MS-DOS.  If anyone has any additional information, I'm all ears.

OS/2 will run PC-DOS 3.3 software, but not multi-tasking...  OS/2 has
two parts to it, PC-DOS 3.3 compatible and Full Function Mode..  PC-DOS
3.3 is list like it sounds...  But, the Full Function side of OS/2 is
what you know OS/2 as being..  That is the multi-tasking part of the
OS...  It will not be able to run any software currently on the market
which is not written for the Full Function Mode... 

I don't know if I was too clear on what I was trying to say, but if there
is anything which I can help you with, please let me know... I will try to
answer anything I can on OS/2, but I am no expert...

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