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==== LAN Manager ==== | ==== LAN Manager ==== | ||
=== OS/2 as a Server === | |||
== Understanding the OS/2 Development Environment == | == Understanding the OS/2 Development Environment == | ||
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=== Exploring Native OS/2 Apps === | === Exploring Native OS/2 Apps === | ||
=== | === Limits of Preemptive Multitasking === | ||
== Capabilities and Limitations of OS/2 == | |||
=== How Hamstrung was OS/2 By the 286 === | |||
=== HPFS === | |||
=== Use of Segmentation in Protected Mode (such as IOPL) === | |||
=== Networking with NetWare/LAN Server/LAN Manager === | |||
=== DOS/Windows Compatibility === | |||
Revision as of 03:58, 2 January 2023
This is a set of wiki pages dedicated to researching the rise and fall of OS/2, with the intent on creating a larger record of the 16-bit and early 32-bit era of IBM's ill fated operating system, with stream ideas, research notes, discussion and more.
This is an effort to fundamental answer is to document the reasons as to why despite IBM's best efforts, OS/2 failed in the marketplace in favor of Windows 3.0, an operating system that is technically inferior in almost all regards.