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Fri 18 Feb 2022

OS/2

How the OS/2 flop went on to shape modern software

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SvarDOS: DR-DOS is reborn as an open source operating system

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OSes23 Dec 2024 | 86

Trying out Microsoft's pre-release OS/2 2.0

It fell through a timewarp from an alternate and very different computing universe
OSes11 Mar 2024 | 97

Preview edition of Microsoft OS/2 2.0 surfaces on eBay

Discounted from $2,600 down to just $650. What a bargain!
OSes20 Feb 2024 | 52

The Hobbes OS/2 Archive logs off permanently in April

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OSes10 Jan 2024 | 56

ArcaOS 5.1 gives vintage OS/2 a UEFI facelift for the 21st century

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