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echo: os2
to: Jack Stein
from: Will Honea
date: 1999-11-16 19:23:02
subject: OS/2 2.1 IS dead.

Jack Stein wrote to Albert Sodyl on 11-15-1999

JS> Anyway, I would not hesitate to put WARP 3 on a 486/33 with 
JS> 8 megs.  The memory is a bit small for real PIG gui apps 
JS> like Netscape, MR/2 ICE and the like.  Those monsters need 
JS> as much ram, video and CPU as you can throw at them.  128 
JS> megs might be enough, a CRAY super computer would be more 
JS> to there liking I suspect, but even then, they would stress 
JS> the system I imagine.

Just to carry this a little further, you would be amazed what plugging
in a DX/2-66 does.  If you make sure to get the 5 volt version, they
can be had for a few bucks - I see them new for $5 or so.  Plug and
play - it's a really effective tweek.
 
Will Honea 
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