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Favorite quote from the article, "Despite the failure of OS/2 in the consumer market, it was hilariously robust..." Would this make the NYC subway system more

Favorite quote from the article, "Despite the failure of OS/2 in the consumer market, it was hilariously robust..." Would this make the NYC subway system more or less prone to hacking? Can't imagine there are a ton of exploits in OS/2 that modern hackers would know about.

userbinator 7y ago
It's likely not even connected to the Internet.
Spooky23 7y ago
Probably about the same. The OS/2 era was when IBM had maximum leverage on NY government as buying them was seen as saving jobs as IBM was laying off thousands.
gruez 7y ago
Does os/2 even have TCP/IP support?
- sys_64738 7y ago
  We used it at work way back when. The version we used had a TCP/IP package that could be installed and removed as it was heavy on resources. Details are fuzzy.
- azinman2 7y ago
  Os/2 warp was heavily promoted as an amazing internet experience.
- freehunter 7y ago
  If you're running Warp, yes. I believe it's dial-up only though.
  - shereadsthenews 7y ago
    Nope. Ran Warp on a PC with a PCI bus Ethernet adapter and TCP. Worked fine.
  - gerbilly 7y ago
    No, not dial up only, it supported Ethernet and token ring cards, even pre-warp versions did.
- kalleboo 7y ago
  Yes, the 1989 release of OS/2 1.2 Extended Edition added TCP/IP and Ethernet support.
- deathanatos 7y ago
  Yes! Way back in the day, before my family had cable¹, by Windows 98 machine was networked to an OS/2 machine that actually had Internet. It also had some weird thing with SOCKS, though I don't fully remember the specifics, just that I had a rough idea of what settings to look for and what to fill them in with. But there was definitely TCP/IP support. I remember the day I migrated my parents off Netscape to Firefox. ¹The cable didn't have anything to do with it. When when finally upgraded to cable, we also got an Ethernet router/switch, so my Windows machine then hooked into that.
- chiph 7y ago
  Later versions did. I had a 3Com card that connected to my ISDN modem.

userbinator 7y ago

It's likely not even connected to the Internet.

Spooky23 7y ago

Probably about the same. The OS/2 era was when IBM had maximum leverage on NY government as buying them was seen as saving jobs as IBM was laying off thousands.

gruez 7y ago

Does os/2 even have TCP/IP support?

sys_64738 7y ago
We used it at work way back when. The version we used had a TCP/IP package that could be installed and removed as it was heavy on resources. Details are fuzzy.
azinman2 7y ago
Os/2 warp was heavily promoted as an amazing internet experience.
freehunter 7y ago
If you're running Warp, yes. I believe it's dial-up only though.
- shereadsthenews 7y ago
  Nope. Ran Warp on a PC with a PCI bus Ethernet adapter and TCP. Worked fine.
- gerbilly 7y ago
  No, not dial up only, it supported Ethernet and token ring cards, even pre-warp versions did.
kalleboo 7y ago
Yes, the 1989 release of OS/2 1.2 Extended Edition added TCP/IP and Ethernet support.
deathanatos 7y ago
Yes! Way back in the day, before my family had cable¹, by Windows 98 machine was networked to an OS/2 machine that actually had Internet. It also had some weird thing with SOCKS, though I don't fully remember the specifics, just that I had a rough idea of what settings to look for and what to fill them in with. But there was definitely TCP/IP support. I remember the day I migrated my parents off Netscape to Firefox. ¹The cable didn't have anything to do with it. When when finally upgraded to cable, we also got an Ethernet router/switch, so my Windows machine then hooked into that.
chiph 7y ago
Later versions did. I had a 3Com card that connected to my ISDN modem.