OS/2 Warp was also the OS that the Associated Press used for their digital photo distribution network for many years. Every daily newspaper in America had at least one OS/2 Warp PC for the photo editors to download wire photos from AP. The IT guys at the San Diego Union-Tribune were always whining about having to support OS/2 Warp when it only ran on 2 machines ...
But when Windows 3 and even 3.1 were out, I was running Digital Research's GEM desktop on top of DOS rather than Windows. It was not quite as integrated as the version of GEM on the Atari line of 16 and 32-bit PCs, but it was still head and shoulders above Windows 3, and you could launch your DOS programs right from GEM. And even after Windoes 95 and then 98 came out, I kept GEM on my PCs just so I could use the GEM file manager which was 2-3x faster than the Windows file manager.
I think the world really missed out when DR lost the IBM deal. Suspect Gary Kildall would likely have succeeded with real innovation & collaboration. Microsoft where just an acquisitions company & hard nosed business vultures.
I like your basic break down of the article with OS/2 and surprising you made no mention of the work place shell which was added to version 2 of the OS. A lot of people did not know that it had a visual or GUI that is a base part of OS/2 which can operate without the Work Place shell desktop. So I would recommend for them to use their application which was not tied to the WPS, to run OS/2 without it and allow it to run even faster.
Just a side note: When IBM hired Microsoft to write the testing cases for OS/2, Microsoft had the programmers to include testing in each case for NT which was not out at the time and yet to come. Microsoft stole that time from IBM, but then there was a lot of sharing to an extent during the OS/2 development before Microsoft stopped and went off into their own direction. Just a little history.
Hi Paul, I follow you're newsletter since some week's and it's really cool. Especially all about Atari's.
That's why I also recommended your newsletter. I have one around Vectrex Game Programming (vectrex.substack.com) and it was youre "Goto 10" that inspiried me to try. Keep going the great work!
I had already switched from an ST to a PowerBook 100, and from there I bought a Gateway 486DX2/66 in Dec (I believe) of 94. It was a beast.
For an OS I dual-booted DOS/WfWG 3.11 and OS/2, spending more and more time on the OS/2 side. Upgraded to Warp when it came out. I loved it, what a great OS.
Just recently I put a solid state disk in that old Gateway (now upgraded with a Pentium Overdrive chip and 36MB of RAM). My main goal was to set up DOS so I could play Dark Forces and X-Wing. Secondary goal was to play with OS/2 again. 😁
OS/2 Warp was also the OS that the Associated Press used for their digital photo distribution network for many years. Every daily newspaper in America had at least one OS/2 Warp PC for the photo editors to download wire photos from AP. The IT guys at the San Diego Union-Tribune were always whining about having to support OS/2 Warp when it only ran on 2 machines ...
But when Windows 3 and even 3.1 were out, I was running Digital Research's GEM desktop on top of DOS rather than Windows. It was not quite as integrated as the version of GEM on the Atari line of 16 and 32-bit PCs, but it was still head and shoulders above Windows 3, and you could launch your DOS programs right from GEM. And even after Windoes 95 and then 98 came out, I kept GEM on my PCs just so I could use the GEM file manager which was 2-3x faster than the Windows file manager.
I think the world really missed out when DR lost the IBM deal. Suspect Gary Kildall would likely have succeeded with real innovation & collaboration. Microsoft where just an acquisitions company & hard nosed business vultures.
I like your basic break down of the article with OS/2 and surprising you made no mention of the work place shell which was added to version 2 of the OS. A lot of people did not know that it had a visual or GUI that is a base part of OS/2 which can operate without the Work Place shell desktop. So I would recommend for them to use their application which was not tied to the WPS, to run OS/2 without it and allow it to run even faster.
Just a side note: When IBM hired Microsoft to write the testing cases for OS/2, Microsoft had the programmers to include testing in each case for NT which was not out at the time and yet to come. Microsoft stole that time from IBM, but then there was a lot of sharing to an extent during the OS/2 development before Microsoft stopped and went off into their own direction. Just a little history.
Hi Paul, I follow you're newsletter since some week's and it's really cool. Especially all about Atari's.
That's why I also recommended your newsletter. I have one around Vectrex Game Programming (vectrex.substack.com) and it was youre "Goto 10" that inspiried me to try. Keep going the great work!
I had already switched from an ST to a PowerBook 100, and from there I bought a Gateway 486DX2/66 in Dec (I believe) of 94. It was a beast.
For an OS I dual-booted DOS/WfWG 3.11 and OS/2, spending more and more time on the OS/2 side. Upgraded to Warp when it came out. I loved it, what a great OS.
Just recently I put a solid state disk in that old Gateway (now upgraded with a Pentium Overdrive chip and 36MB of RAM). My main goal was to set up DOS so I could play Dark Forces and X-Wing. Secondary goal was to play with OS/2 again. 😁
Very interesting story! Thank you
Link to ArcoOS website is broken. In fact, whole ArcoOS website is broken. No links work there