Hello Stewart,

24 Oct 99 16:15, Stewart Honsberger wrote to Kenneth Abrams:

 KA>> It is, however, completely possible, despite statements by you
 KA>> indicating otherwise.

 SH> Oh go away. I never said anything of the sort. I have run my machine

Leave the pertinent quote in this time. As I quoted *YOU* in the last message, 
you said:

 SH> When I applied a fixpack (12) to OS/2, the video drivers barfed and
 SH> it wouldn't boot. Since OS/2 is GUI based, I was screwed.

Note the key phrase, "OS/2 is GUI based". Just what DID you mean when YOU said 
that?

 SH> using CMD.EXE as the command shell. The point you seem to be missing
 SH> is, I don't want to. This is a personnal machine with a new video
 SH> card, and a new 15" SVGA monitor. I will not use text-only.

The point you're missing is that your wanting to or not isn't the issue. You
made the statement (that I've now quoted twice) that OS/2 is a GUI-based
operating system. When challenged on the point, you responded by asking how
you could multitask without the GUI. You received a number of replies
attempting to explain that the only thing you lose without the GUI, is the
GUI. Multitasking is just as functional with or without the WPS. You *then*
attempt to turn the conversation into being about the problem you originally
only referenced indirectly and how we weren't helping you.

 SH> If you can't help, don't respond.

If you don't know what you're talking about ("OS/2 is GUI based"), don't post. 
Post falsely or incorrectly, and expect to be corrected.

Kenneth (kabrams@us.hsanet.net)

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