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it may be mostly 32bit.. but os/2's basic core of its kernel is still 16bit.. they never finished upgrading it all to 32bit… Rob
Well.. for you head slappers…. win'95 is 386+ only…. as ive said before.. it IS 32bit… 286's have been blown off… you cant even run the win'95 "dos" on a 286… Rob
Thats what development programs are for.. there have been multiple releases of alpha and betas of it to the developers along with msc to program for it…. as for your 'pmode' kicking it into 'flat 32bit mode'… its simply a 16 bit program acting like a 32bit program.. you do…
News from ibm, after a minor bug in warp… development was totaly halted for 2 weeks.. id hate to see what it does to a pc with a real problem… Rob
Uhm…. os/2 is FAR from the 'best' os… os/2 cant run its own apps well let alone windows or dos apps.. not to mention it cant touch 32bit.. os/2 is still 16 bit down at the core… ibm cant get that outa there.. microsoft rewrote windows from scratch twice… Win…
something youll find having a hard time doing without getting into windows is doing REAL 32bit programming.. sure you can do it with your 32bit dos extenders and sure you can do it with you .386p and all… but ive yet to see anything that actualy will compile a 32bit…