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| subject: | OS/2 crash-proof? |
SS>Since I use my OS/2 machine for programming DOS (and hopefully soon, OS/2) SS>apps, my system is a little more vulnerable to crashes due to code in SS>progress. For example, I've had some bad code (e.g. stray pointers, bad SS>addresses, etc.) that locked OS/2 (2.11) tight as a drum. One thing that makes OS/2 more reliable is to by an EISA or MCA machine with watchdog timers on the bus. ISA machines don't have them. What they do is let OS/2 recover from programs like: CLI JMP $ Rob. ___ X SLMR 2.1a X Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (P)anic --- Maximus/2 2.01wb* Origin: The Idle Task... (604)275-0835 Richmond BC. (1:153/905) SEEN-BY: 12/2442 54/54 620/243 624/50 632/348 640/820 690/660 711/409 410 413 SEEN-BY: 711/430 807 808 809 934 942 712/353 623 713/888 800/1 @PATH: 153/905 828 7041 3615/50 229/2 12/2442 711/409 54/54 711/808 809 934 |
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