Reply 20 of 23, by snorg
In response to Jorpho, I should have indicated that I was quoting sliderider.
I was pretty sure that OS/2 would be unable to call any version of Windows other than 3.1 or 3.11. That's why I was like "wtf".
I suppose I can look up the prices on ebay just as easily. I guess I will have to watch to see what average prices are so I can spot a deal more easily.
As far as what I want to do with it, that's what I'm currently working out.
It probably would be easier to just run everything in dosbox. I suppose the technical challenge or nostalgia is the real reason. I'm sure not going to be able to use it to surf the internet, and while I might use an 8 bit system for word processing, I probably won't be likely to do that either.
snorg wrote: Found a cheap copy of OS/2 warp connect in a blue box online, if memory serves there was a version that required an […]
snorg wrote:
Found a cheap copy of OS/2 warp connect in a blue box online, if memory serves there was a version that required an existing windows install and a version that did not. I am pretty sure I don't still have my copy (of either OS/2 or win 3.11). Is this version likely to be the win 3.11 not required version?<sliderider>
Windows was never a requirement for running OS/2. The red box version would use whatever version of Windows was already installed for compatibility purposes, but it was not necessary to have Windows to run OS/2 or it's apps. This might actually be the better one to have if it will call up Windows versions later than 3.11. You could potentially have 95 or 98 installed and the red version would call that one up. With the blue box you'd be stuck with Windows 3.11 compatibility. Windows 3.11 compatibility is pretty much meaningless now, so having it isn't a benefit anymore. All the Windows 3.x apps are useless. It's even a chore just to set up an internet connection on a Windows 3.x system and the primitive web browsers that will run under it are pathetic at best.