I've looked at it a few times, but $130 for the personal-use copy is a bit steep for a hobbyist interest. My budget for this particular novelty is about 50 buc

I've looked at it a few times, but $130 for the personal-use copy is a bit steep for a hobbyist interest. My budget for this particular novelty is about 50 bucks. I have positive nostalgia for the platform. Back in 2003, I decided to start taking notes in college on a a salvaged 486 laptop. I tried running OS/2 3.0, installed from a boxed copy bought on eBay where the discs were degrading as I was installing them. The pack-in software was pleasantly featureful compared to the placeholder stuff Windows 3.1 came with, but it was a little poky on a DX2/40 with no L2 cache.