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Operating System/2 (OS/2) was originally developed as a joint project between IBM and Microsoft. It's intention was to replace the antiquated Disk Operating System (DOS) as the operating system of choice. ... Latest News & Files | Links to OS/2 sites | David Both's History of OS/2;
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www.os2bbs.com/OS2News/OS2Warp.html
www.os2bbs.com/OS2News/OS2Warp.html
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OS/2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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OS/2 is a computer operating system, initially created by Microsoft and IBM, then later developed by IBM exclusively. The name stands for "Operating System/2," because it was introduced as part of th...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/2
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I have started using OS/2 in 1995 and was curious to find out what OS/2 looked like before that. There are already several web pages/sites dedicated to the history of OS/2 but none of them quite satisfied me.
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pages.prodigy.net/michaln/history/
pages.prodigy.net/michaln/history/
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Here's a brief timeline of the first ten years of OS/2 history. Only the "client" versions are listed, that is no Extended Edition and Server versions. Moreover, the dates and features pertain to IBM versions of OS/2 1.x. The Microsoft OEM versions had slightly different release dates and feature sets.
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pages.prodigy.net/michaln/history/timeline.html
pages.prodigy.net/michaln/history/timeline.html
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The OS/2 Stardock came into being in 1993. I was in college then trying to get my Electrical Engineering degree. I came from a ... Our OS/2 history was a fun growing up part for the company. The Windows Stardock grew out of the ashes of the OS/2 market and has a very different environment for employees and customers.
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www.stardock.com/stardock/articles/article_sdos2.html
www.stardock.com/stardock/articles/article_sdos2.html
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Well yesterday was the last day that Stardock can effectively be called an OS/2 ISV. While we will be releasing Stellar Frontier still for OS/2 and providing updates to it, the selling of OS/2 software on our website is going to be going away within the next 24 hours.
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www.stardock.com/stardock/articles/endofos2.html
www.stardock.com/stardock/articles/endofos2.html
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OS/2, Version 1.0; 1985: IBM and Microsoft announced they were working together on future PC operating systems. Microsoft wanted to use Windows, while Big Blue pushed its own code. ... The issue was still unresolved when the two companies announced OS/2, Version 1.0 in April 1987. OS/2 was originally writen for the 286.
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members.fortunecity.com/pcmuseum/os2.htm
members.fortunecity.com/pcmuseum/os2.htm
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OS/2's History and Purpose ... The "64kB limit." Because of its 32-bit address space, OS/2 programmers needn't worry about the so-called "64kB limit" imposed by DOS's history. Under DOS, a single data structure is limited to 64K by the 16-bit memory addresses used by DOS, unless a 32-bit DOS extender is used.
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www.rodsbooks.com/buy-os2/buy-history.html
www.rodsbooks.com/buy-os2/buy-history.html
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At first, Microsoft developed DOS for IBM PC's, and later on, the company started - again by order of Big Blue - the development of OS/2, ... This year marks the tenth anniversary of the death of OS/2, an operating system which for some damn reason will not quit and lay down in the coffin like it's supposed to.
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www.os2warp.be/index2.php?name=history
www.os2warp.be/index2.php?name=history
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