Last time I talked all about webservers and putting your system online. After all the info I gave you, you should be able to figure it all out yourself. This time I want to address the new OS/2 users that want to try OS/2 for a change of pace.

I have been runnning OS/2 since 1.1, and at that time it was a real pain in the butt to get it working. Many fixes and patches where needed to get it going. Today is totally different. :)

Lots of users have received the Warp 3 CD ROM with a magazine in the old days, you can still use this CD ROM as most (if not all) software will still run on it.

You start by inserting this CD ROM in your Windows machine and start CDINST.BAT, this will create the floppies needed to install the system. If you have an old system that has e.g. a Pentium-133, 16MB ram and a harddisk below 4 GB, you will be fine.

If your harddisk is over 4GB you need to download the latest IBM1S506.ADD (IDEDASD.EXE) driver to get it recognised. Just read the manual in the driver package and copy the files to the disks, after that you change the config.sys on the floppy and add SET COPYFROMFLOPPY=1 and boot from the floppies.

OS/2 will install just fine, maybe not all devices will be recognised correctly, but at least your system will run.

Now start searching the net for MPTS, the latest Fixpacks, Sounddrivers, videodrivers and Netscape, or Mozilla if your computer is a little faster, whatever you need. A good place to start is en.os2.org.

OS/2 hasn't changed that much over time, but it will give you a good idea what it can do, and it's a great way to learn OS/2 before you decide to buy it.

If you think the lastest Linux can do a lot, check out this "way old" OS/2, it was released in November 1994 and can still do way more than modern OS'es. I know, you need to do some work to get it modern, but hey, have you ever seen Linux?

This damn old OS/2 can do so much more, and you don't need to update it all the time, it just works. It's just too bad many users (of any OS) don't know about OS/2, if you are looking for something new, try the "OLD" OS/2 it runs great on "new" machines, with speed you can only dream of.

If you know a bit of DOS and Windows, and you want something better, OS/2 is the OS for you. You don't need to learn much new stuff, reading the included manuals is enough to get you going, give it a try, you'll love it The new OS/2 versions are even better.