OsFree project: OS/2 Replacement

Re:OsFree project: OS/2 Replacement by ChicagoDave on Monday April 20, 2020 @08:51PM (#22930667)

OS/2 was tied to the PS/2 hardware and IBM had it way over priced. We had one in the office and when we needed a new card for a peripheral, we realized it was never going to cut it compared to compatibles.

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Re:OsFree project: OS/2 Replacement by ogre_codes on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @12:51AM (#22932030)

OS/2 was not tied to the PS/2 hardware. Unless there was some specific version of it. It was reasonably compatible with a fairly wide range of hardware. (Roughly comparable to Linux desktop at various times)

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Re:OsFree project: OS/2 Replacement by ChicagoDave on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @11:21AM (#22935688)

Maybe I'm remembering "guilt by association". IBM was pushing the PS/2 line very hard because they wanted the compatible hardware to die and they assumed everyone would still trust them.

I don't remember ever trying to install OS/2 anywhere else.

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