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to: Albert Sodyl
from: Herbert Rosenau
date: 1999-11-14 15:06:04
subject: OS/2 2.1 IS dead.

 AS> Hmm... I was looking on there, but I could only find Warp 3,
 AS> never saw Warp 4 on there :(

Ups! I'm very seldom on ebay.com. Because here in germany we have ebay.de -
ist's german speeking. I'd found there 2 copies of WARP4 (with microphone) for 
40 DM (20$). But most of WARP userers are selling thiyr old WARP3 and use
WARP4 self.

I'm own 4 computers so I'd had to find more licenses - but NEW ones are to
expensive for me.

Go to altavista and try a search for WARP4. You'll find it somewhere.

Go into OS/2 newsgroups or market news. Look there.

 AS> Hmm, my choice was the latest version of OS/2, right now Warp 4,
 AS> you know if there'll be any other ones out later on?

No there is no newer OS/2 client. You can buy a new server, but that is to
prohibitive for private usage.

 AS>>> And I don't have a CD rom drive either.

 HR>> Do you like to handle with more than 30 diskettes to install an
 HR>> OS?. Plus approximate 20 diskettes for a Fixpack + .....?

 AS> Not really, but do I have a choice?

Yes. You can buy a CDR drive. :-)

 HR>> On ebay you my find a used CDR for a few $.

 AS> It's still expensive, plus the shipping and all that stuff, trust
 AS> me, I'm not rich enough.

 HR>> On other hand if you have got a friend with a CDR you my copy
 HR>> all needed diskettes from CD to diskettes. On each WARP CD is a
 HR>> .cmd (startable under OS/2) and a .bat (for DOS systems) for
 HR>> copying the dikette images to diskettes.

 AS> That could be an alternative.

 HR>> Hardware requirement for

 HR>>                 WARP 3          WARP 4
 HR>> CPU             I386            I486 (creeps on 386 too)
 HR>> Memory          12 MB           16 MB (with Voice Type 24 or
 HR>> more)
 HR>> Disk            250 MB          400 MB          (including
 HR>> swapper.dat)

 AS> That's it, now I can forget about getting Warp 3 or Warp 4.

Why? You can buy 8 MB used EDO RAM now for less than $20. You should own all
other you'll ever need for WARP.

 AS> I'll stay with the ever crashing OS/2 2.1 :(

Christmas is coming soon. Let your parents, wive and childs make the right
present to you. :-)

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