Chris [Wenham] is speaking of the various supporters of Open Doc. Does that mean that I could take a "part" of an Adobe Illustrator MAC program and work it on my ThinkPad using Colorworks (etc.) under OS/2? Perhaps I should ask... Is there a chance Adobe will develop their programs to the OS/2 platform? Will Open Doc or API's help encourage them in that direction?
I have been working with Warp 4 for about 2 months, have reloaded several times with my 4x CD-ROM and what an improvment over shuffling 1.4 disks!
I work with a "live" memory moniter to keep track of how much memory I have left. I can run the WebExplorer and VT and normally don't swap anything out to disk. I find IBM's Webexplorer v1.2 quite satisfactory, but I find Netscape for OS/2 a little ragged around the edges.
I am currently using a Diamond 64 bit card, and auto-detected video driver during W4 install works quite well. I am running at 1024x768 colors an a NEC 4FG. I find Ultimail that comes with the package quite satisfactory, but it does take some searching around in on-line books, etc. to set it up on alternate access provider.
I am just getting used to VT, so far I find the default VT manager just as accurate as my enrolled version, but I need to try again. The P166 and 64 megs memory allow me to dictate quite rapidly, without swamping the system.
One thing that I do on a regular basis is to save my "INI" files to disk on a regular basis. The 2 main ini files on Warp 4 are about 5 or 6 times as large as Warp 3. It seems it is easier to fragment them such that the system will freeze on boot up. All I have to do to freeze up the system is to spend a couple of hours changing Desktop arrangements. I use the copy and delete command after rebooting and hitting Alt F1 and then F2 to get to the command line, to copy the current ini files to a folder, delete current ini files from C:\os2 and then copy a fresh unfragmented and compacted version back to os2.
All and all I am totally satisfied with Warp 4, it is backwards compatible to most of my shareware utilities, and all of my major apps. However, to run W4 with all the goodies at a satisfactory speed, you need a PC with some serious horsepower, at least by todays standards.
I've read your worries about OS/2 e-Zine! not being in the CONNECTIONS folder of Merlin. I'm so sorry about that. But there is a link to OS/2 Links, and there is a reference to your site there!
Excellent article. I used to be embarrassed at the level of resources needed to run UNIX + Xwindows. Now my UNIX applications seem "svelte" compared to the abominations that plague the "Windows" world. What originally attracted me to OS/2 was that it seemed to be an efficient OS (I could load it onto a laptop -- well, not the Merlin version -- with 8 MB and actually do something). I was also impressed by "SOM" which eventually became the basis for OpenDoc (modular, "load what you use"). I still haven't tried Clearlook or Mesa, but I am rooting for Sundial. Perhaps with the "NC" we will see a return to the "small is beautiful" principle.
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