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> OS/2 would have been supported given IBM was the other chip producing partner in the AIM PPC alliance. Officially speaking, no, OS/2 PPC never supported any
by skissane 4y ago
> OS/2 would have been supported given IBM was the other chip producing partner in the AIM PPC alliance.
Officially speaking, no, OS/2 PPC never supported any Motorola machines, only a limited selection of IBM machines. [0]
It probably could have been made to support Motorola PowerStack without too much work, maybe just a few extra drivers. But OS/2 PPC was essentially cancelled by IBM before it was even finished – it appears the "release" IBM made was simply a case of "we promised people we would release this, so let's just ship it unfinished so we can tell everyone we keep our word".
[0] https://www.os2museum.com/wp/os2-history/os2-warp-powerpc-edition/ https://www.os2museum.com/wp/os2-history/os2-warp-powerpc-ed...
- atdrummond 4y agoYou’re correct. Supported was not the proper word choice here; given that I do know people who ran OS/2 on these systems in the 90s, and have done such installs myself, it’s a relatively painless process compared to, say, Solaris or NT on a PPC system that diverges from PReP/CHRP. TL;DR: While IBM developed OS/2 to work on PPC, they never explicitly promoted or provided direct support for OS/2 on Motorola’s PPC. I was sloppy.
- skissane 4y ago> given that I do know people who ran OS/2 on these systems in the 90s, and have done such installs myself, I'm amazed to hear anyone actually ran OS/2 PPC (beyond its own development team, and a handful of ISVs IBM recruited to port software to it.)
- atdrummond 4y agoI would be shocked if anyone used it seriously - I think there was a novelty in simply having explored the software. Same goes for people who install the Solaris port.