-=> Kurt Weiske wrote to Nick Andre <=-

 KW> I started running OS/2 1.2 in 1991. I was working in an all-IBM shop at
 KW> the time, with LAN Manager servers, IBM system/38 and AS/400 midranges,
 KW> and a handful of PCs. On a 25 mhz 386 with 8 MB of RAM, I could run a

Sounds like my kinda shop!  I started on a System/34 in 1982 and I've
been programming on IBM midranges since then. Currently on an iSeries,
IBM still has the best midrange/mini hardware around. 

 KW> Later on, I ran OS/2 2.1 at home, and it was a much better DOS than
 KW> DOS. I had a DOS VDM running LANTastic to network it to my DOS BBS, and
 KW> later moved the BBS over to DOS and OS/2 native apps under OS/2.

My first BBS was in DOS, then briefly under Desqview, my first
experience with OS/2 was 2.1 as well. I had a under powered machine and
it barely ran, but I ran it in full screen mode most of the time and it
was fine. After I upgraded hardware, I started using PM GUI. 

 KW> It wasn't until Windows 95 hit and Pentium CPUs could throw enough
 KW> cycles at a DOS window that I stopped using OS/2

I tried running my BBS under win95, but it's multitasking was still
sub-par, so I stuck with OS/2 until I finally shut the BBS down, then I
switched over to Windows with brief stints into the Linux realm. 

Kev

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