On (29 Nov 96) Robert Obrien wrote to Peter Campbell...
 RO> Thanks for the reply on installing OS/2. I bought the blue 
 RO> version because I do not have any Microsoft products on my hard 
 RO> drive. However there are one or two Windows programs that I 
 RO> would like to try and this seems to be the best way to get the 
 RO> code without buying the program from Microsoft. They have 
 RO> enough money and do not need mine.
What a big mistake IMHO. For starters, WIN-OS/2 isn't really 100% 
Windows compatible. So under some conditions, you need the real 
thing and the blue box doesn't have the real thing. Also IBM's blue 
box also sells you a licence to use Windows from Microsoft/IBM 
agreement. And IBM has to pay Microsoft anyway for this. So you 
ended up paying Microsoft anyway and ended up with a Windows 
emulator instead of the real thing. That would tick me off.
 RO> I will let you know if I need the printer set up and setting 
 RO> instructions after I get OS/2 installed and set up. I am a 
 RO> little hesitant becuse I am aware that there may be 
 RO> compatibility problems with some of my hardware and I like a 
 RO> computer that runs flawlessly. So far using DOS the worst 
 RO> problems I have had were memory problems with New Deal Office 
 RO> when I tried to print. Those seem to be solved for now though. 
 RO> Again thanks for the help and Happy Thanksgiving from the USA. 
 RO> Bob O'Brien
You may also find some real nasty bugs within OS/2 that drives me 
nuts. Like the keyboard going to sleep while you're running with all 
well behaved applications which means the user has to reboot to get 
it back. OS/2 also has other annoying quirks as well. But it should 
at least behave well enough to get GEOS running okay under it. I did 
for 17 months, now everything runs under W95 and my OS/2 CD-ROMs are 
now great drink coasters. 
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