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Katsunami · 04-23-2017, 11:42 AM

I've been able to crash every system I ever sat in front of. Still, OS/2 Warp was very good for it's time; maybe even too good. You needed a 486 DX/33 and 8 MB RAM at a minimum to run it decently. (Yeah, I know, the box said something like a 386 DX/25 and 4MB...) If you wanted to run Windows within OS/2 as well, you could do so with 8 MB (I did, in the beginning), but 12 or 16 MB was highly recommended. Oh, and a 486 DX2/66 or DX4/100, if you could swing it.

OS/2 Warp in 1994 needed a top-range 486 machine. The Pentium 60 had just been released in Europe at the beginning of that year, but only people with too much cache bought that.

04-23-2017, 11:42 AM	#29893
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	I've been able to crash every system I ever sat in front of. Still, OS/2 Warp was very good for it's time; maybe even too good. You needed a 486 DX/33 and 8 MB RAM at a minimum to run it decently. (Yeah, I know, the box said something like a 386 DX/25 and 4MB...) If you wanted to run Windows within OS/2 as well, you could do so with 8 MB (I did, in the beginning), but 12 or 16 MB was highly recommended. Oh, and a 486 DX2/66 or DX4/100, if you could swing it. OS/2 Warp in 1994 needed a top-range 486 machine. The Pentium 60 had just been released in Europe at the beginning of that year, but only people with too much cache bought that. Last edited by Katsunami; 04-23-2017 at 11:48 AM.