#ibm os2

[europa6502]

So, in addition to that ASUS Terminator P4 I got, I also got an ASUS Terminator K7 featuring an AMD Athlon clocked at 1100MHz and 256MB of RAM.

I've had a lot of fun playing with this machine, and first off I installed Red Hat Linux 9 on it. This went off mostly without a hitch, although my USB mouse gave me issues (but switching to a PS/2 mouse solved them).

I love when installers have fun little quips. I miss when most software was fun in some way.

Installation went well, as did configuration once I figured out the mouse issue. The machine is partially deconstructed here because I needed to troubleshoot a Zip drive (I think it's just broken).

Next up that I wanted to try was OS/2 because the BIOS has an OS/2 compatibility setting and the chipset has OS/2 drivers.

I don't know if the hard drive I was using was on its way out or what though, but I just couldn't get OS/2 to install quickly at all. The first stage of copying files alone took about 24 hours. This is as far as I got before putting the project on hold.

What makes me think it was the hard drive was that it seemed to be behaving strangely and was rather noisy.

Here's a video on RHL 9, and I'll get a video on OS/2 out as soon as I continue the project :3

[never-obsolete]

PC/Computing - July 1994 OS/2 for Windows

[sinclair-speccy]

[spockvarietyhour]

Your OS/2 Warp is on fire.

[possibly-j]

This is probably only funny to me but I just found this promotional image for OS/2 featuring the cast of M*A*S*H and it's just so weird

[moonbasetycho]

Go Team OS/2!

[fabulaturbatory]

IBM’s warp os/2 demo from computer chronicles with stewart cheifet, aired 1994

[boredtechnologist]

IBM's Operating System /2 (OS/2) Standard Edition v1.2

[lycrabustier]

IBM's fans really put the pedal to the metal promoting OS/2 Warp. Like, in a very, very specific and confusing way...

[parrotos-official]

based

the gang’s in a higher resolution!

[retrocompmx]

Un día como hoy (29 de septiembre) en la tecnología

El 29 de septiembre del 2000, se devela la versión preview de eComStation, sucesora de OS/2 Warp 4.5 de IBM, ahora a cargo de Serenity Systems, que posteriormente se convirtió en ArcaOS. #retrocomputingmx #ecomstation #OS2

[koney-scanlines]

IBM PS/2 computer for WARP 3 speed: OS/2 3.0 + Win95 + Dos 6.22 + Win3.1

[never-obsolete]

[never-was-has-been]

Brilliant! 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽

That's a big win for the OP and a big loss for the company who kept a "boss" who didn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. I worked for some IBM 1st level management, back in the 1980's. They were clueless and just as arrogant and indignant as the OP mentioned here. I also embarrassed a Senior MFG Engineer that tried to overrule a suggestion of mine (while secretly trying to steal my idea without my knowledge). I was a mfg Technician in IBM's Circuit Packaging & Manufacturing from 1980-1983. Then I got promoted to Senior Methods Specialist in 1984, and again embarrassed a 3rd Level manager (my boss's boss's Boss, with a 6 year degree in Electrical Engineering 😆🤣) because he didn't know how to setup his Office IBM OS2 tower computer to connect to the internal network (intranet)! By the OP's example here, I see nothing has changed in 40 years! 🤦����‍♂️😒 😑

Tread here.

[possibly-j]

I had to make a discussion post for my management class on a company that failed to plan. While everyone else was posting about companies failing to adapt to the internet like Blockbuster or Walmart, or talking about the 2008 financial crisis, this was me explaining the downfall of OS/2 and how Windows became the dominant operating system

[anonmonitor]

Flynn: *claims he's encom's best programmer and that clu1 was his best program*

Also Flynn: *DOESN'T KEEP A SINGLE BACKUP*