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minus-squarefinley@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoOS/2 warp had plenty of driver issues of its own at the time.
minus-squareDave.@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoNot only driver issues, UI issues. A workmate deleted an image that was being used as a background on the desktop on an office PC, oops presentation manager crashed and it wouldn’t boot to a GUI. That was in Warp 3.
minus-squareHuman after all@mastodon.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days ago@finley yes I know, I worked for IBM
OS/2 warp had plenty of driver issues of its own at the time.
Not only driver issues, UI issues. A workmate deleted an image that was being used as a background on the desktop on an office PC, oops presentation manager crashed and it wouldn’t boot to a GUI. That was in Warp 3.
@finley yes I know, I worked for IBM