This is an analysis of IBM's announcement of the PS/2 personal computer and its OS/2 operating sysrwm -- their attempt to catch up with the Macintosh.
The article also gives tips for stopgap upgrades and strategies for IBM PC owners while they wait for their new machine and OS.
In retrospect, I was so in awe of IBM, where I had worked when they dominated the industry, that I could not imagine users or, more importanly, IBM PC clone makers eschewing the PS/2 and its Micro Channel bus. I also failed to see that Microsoft would push ahead with Windows in competition with OS/2, which it was developing as a joint partner with IBM at the time. (I wonder if IBM knew what Microsoft was up to).
The PS/2 and OS/2 failed. Apple had winning technology until Microsoft started to catch up with Windows 3.11 in 1989 and, pretty well caught up with Windows 95.
Note that the article is packaged with a brief description of recommended upgrades to WordStar and Norton Utilities and a report on the ACM Symposium on Small Systems.
This is an analysis of IBM's announcement of the PS/2 personal computer and its OS/2 operating sysrwm -- their attempt to catch up with the Macintosh.
The article also gives tips for stopgap upgrades and strategies for IBM PC owners while they wait for their new machine and OS.
In retrospect, I was so in awe of IBM, where I had worked when they dominated the industry, that I could not imagine users or, more importanly, IBM PC clone makers eschewing the PS/2 and its Micro Channel bus. I also failed to see that Microsoft would push ahead with Windows in competition with OS/2, which it was developing as a joint partner with IBM at the time. (I wonder if IBM knew what Microsoft was up to).
The PS/2 and OS/2 failed. Apple had winning technology until Microsoft started to catch up with Windows 3.11 in 1989 and, pretty well caught up with Windows 95.
Note that the article is packaged with a brief description of recommended upgrades to WordStar and Norton Utilities and a report on the ACM Symposium on Small Systems.
This is an analysis of IBM's announcement of the PS/2 personal computer and its OS/2 operating sysrwm -- their attempt to catch up with the Macintosh.
The article also gives tips for stopgap upgrades and strategies for IBM PC owners while they wait for their new machine and OS.
In retrospect, I was so in awe of IBM, where I had worked when they dominated the industry, that I could not imagine users or, more importanly, IBM PC clone makers eschewing the PS/2 and its Micro Channel bus. I also failed to see that Microsoft would push ahead with Windows in competition with OS/2, which it was developing as a joint partner with IBM at the time. (I wonder if IBM knew what Microsoft was up to).
The PS/2 and OS/2 failed. Apple had winning technology until Microsoft started to catch up with Windows 3.11 in 1989 and, pretty well caught up with Windows 95.
Note that the article is packaged with a brief description of recommended upgrades to WordStar and Norton Utilities and a report on the ACM Symposium on Small Systems.
This is an analysis of IBM's announcement of the PS/2 personal computer and its OS/2 operating sysrwm -- their attempt to catch up with the Macintosh.
The article also gives tips for stopgap upgrades and strategies for IBM PC owners while they wait for their new machine and OS.
In retrospect, I was so in awe of IBM, where I had worked when they dominated the industry, that I could not imagine users or, more importanly, IBM PC clone makers eschewing the PS/2 and its Micro Channel bus. I also failed to see that Microsoft would push ahead with Windows in competition with OS/2, which it was developing as a joint partner with IBM at the time. (I wonder if IBM knew what Microsoft was up to).
The PS/2 and OS/2 failed. Apple had winning technology until Microsoft started to catch up with Windows 3.11 in 1989 and, pretty well caught up with Windows 95.
Note that the article is packaged with a brief description of recommended upgrades to WordStar and Norton Utilities and a report on the ACM Symposium on Small Systems.