Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!udel!gatech!purdue!umd5!ames!amdahl!cerebus!wjvax!grinch!luis 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: [...] > >IBM insists that OS/2 is THE operating system. > > >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... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luis Chanu / Awesome Possum "Live every day as if it were your last, because one day you will be right." UUCP: ...ihnp4!sun!aeras!grinch!luis -Benny Hill UUCP: ...pyramid!wjvax!grinch!luis Disk-Claimer: That's not your disk, that's my disk. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------