Bob Koure
Apr 17, 2023

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>>"OS/2 is the operating system of the future"

It was - until Intel insisted it be backwards compatible with the 286. Speaking as someone who saw it medium up close.

[edit] I remember now that it was IBM, not Intel that was doing the insisting — my bad [/edit]

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Bob Koure
Bob Koure

Written by Bob Koure

Retired software architect, statistical analyst, hotel mgr, bike racer, distance swimmer. Photographer. Amateur historian. Avid reader. Home cook. Never-FBer

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