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an operating system made through a joint venture between microsoft and ibm. it was the predecessor to WinNT. it could run dos, win16, win32, posix as well as os
by thrownaway954 6y ago
an operating system made through a joint venture between microsoft and ibm. it was the predecessor to WinNT. it could run dos, win16, win32, posix as well as os/2 native apps. it really was an amazing operating system at the time with a VERY passionate community behind it. watch some of the videos for a good take on it:
http://www.os2museum.com/wp/os2-history/os2-videos-1987/ http://www.os2museum.com/wp/os2-history/os2-videos-1987/
- uryga 6y agoi learned about OS/2 from the 'Doing Windows' series. really recommend it, it's a great read about the history behind all this stuff, the computing landscape of that period, and why OS/2 was a huge achievement. https://www.filfre.net/2018/06/doing-windows-part-1-ms-dos-and-its-discontents/ https://www.filfre.net/2018/06/doing-windows-part-1-ms-dos-a... the road to "run DOS stuff [without being DOS]" was very long, and paved with many gravestones... i think OS/2 comes in in part 5 or 6, but i really recommend reading the whole thing.