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You’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
by atdrummond 4y ago
You’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.