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to: JONATHAN DE BOYNE POLLARD
from: TAMMY KAM
date: 1997-03-03 22:14:00
subject: Warp 4

-> Transferred from OS2PROG, where it wasn't on topic, to OS2DOS, where
-> it is:
I don't mean this as a complaint so I hope it won't be taken that way. With 
several os/2 echoes I sometimes get confused which question goes in which 
os/2 echo. I decided to post it and wait for help or moderator shame shames..
-> TK> 1.     In Warp 3, I had to use Sharefix and Ostsr for sharing and
-> TK> timeslicing on my Wildcat4/Intermail system. Do I still need
-> He'd probably never heard of the programs.  Which is to be expected,
-> since they really address a very narrow and specialised user
-> community, if we are being honest here.
Yeah I learned that some of the tech staff is very uneducated on bbs 
questions but I must admit that other than the cost of the phone call I have 
had great service from ibm.
-> The simplest answer is that WildCat and Intermail haven't changed.
I know but I have hope.
-> They still won't be DPMI multitasking friendly.  So yes, you
-> probably will have to continue to use OSTSR to convert DesqView
What I decided to do was test it all out myself. I removed the ostsr and 
sharefix and called from another computer and it definitely is needed with 
the Warp 4 if a dos mailer and bbs are run.
-> probably continue to need SHAREFIX until the progra (if they ever
-> will be, which is doubtful having seen the way that Mu Software has
-> worked for the past few years).
I have only been a sysop a short time so I'll bear in mind what you have said 
and keep a watchful eye on Mustang and it software. So far, I like it and the 
support I have received. I must admit though I do wish they would come out 
with a version for os/2 without Win95. I am still a little hesitant on win95.
Thanks for the help and information.
Cyberly yours,
Tammy Kam
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