Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!munnari!vuwcomp!newbery From: newbery@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Michael Newbery) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: OS/2 memory requirements Message-ID: <13110@comp.vuw.ac.nz> Date: Sun, 6-Dec-87 18:29:38 EST Article-I.D.: comp.13110 Posted: Sun Dec 6 18:29:38 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Dec-87 12:39:01 EST Organization: Computing Serv. Ctr, Victoria Uni., Wellington, New Zealand Lines: 19 Keywords: PS/2, OS/2, Hypercard, Multifinder I just thought the Mac world might be interested in the following, especially in light of the debate about Hypercard/Multifinder (standard system software) hardware requirements. I just went to an IBM seminar on OS/2 (my boss made me :-() *MINUMUM* requirements to *RUN* OS/2 standard edition are: 2MB memory >15MB disk *MINIMUM* requirements to run OS/2 extended edition (LAN support etc.) are: 3MB memory >15MB disk. Another source suggests that 6MB memory is needed for decent performance from extended edition. By the way Apple, is Multifinder going to page sometime in the future? (As a SWITCHABLE OPTION, PLEASE!) -- Michael Newbery ACSnet: newbery@vuwcomp.nz UUCP: newbery@vuwcomp Une boule qui roule tue les poules. (Landslides kill chickens)