From: FAGER@gribb.hsr.no (Fagerland, Svein      94/96)
Subject: Re: Brand new OS/2 2.01 beta information!!!!
Organization: Rogaland University Centre
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 11:47:00 GMT

In article <Bxy94w.Jyr@utdallas.edu> goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K. Goyal) writes:
>From: goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K. Goyal)
>Subject: Brand new OS/2 2.01 beta information!!!!
>Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 06:10:08 GMT

>PLEASE REMEMBER I DO NOT HAVE THE BETA

>I got this off of FIDOnet.  Its interesting. 
>We finally know the answer to whether the next version of OS/2 will be
>called 2.1 or 2.01! (unless Albert is wrong. :) )
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>From: ALBERT SHAN
>To: ALL
>Subject: OS/2 2.01 INTERNAL BETA

>Just got the new 2.01 beta.  This release is meant for IBM internal
>testing only.  It consists of 25 diskettes, with most of SP, and WinOS2
>3.1 only (no WinOS2 3.0).  A number of files are post SP, this includes
>all the .ADD, UHPFS.DLL, and OS2DASD.DMD.  System appears to be stable
>(for me, this is much better than SP, and is almost as good as GA).
>There are a number of install glitches, both OS/2 side and WinOS2 side.
>I did manage to get around them and is all installed now.  There appears
>to be generic SVGA drivers (640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 all 256-color)
>for Tseng, ATI, Video 7, Paradise and Trident.  Haven't try that out, as
>I got a hung during SVGA driver install, and the system trashed.  Still
>running 8514/A, and it appears to be faster than SP and probably close
>to GA speed.  32-bit GRE is here, and WPS folder operations is a *lot*
>faster.  Objects appear almost instantly upon opening folders (I have
>tried Templates and Productivity, they are fast).

>The install dialogs are also changed so printer, CD-ROM, SCSI
>adapter, can be setup with the same mouse/display/keyboard dialog.
>CD-ROM support includes:

>Hitachi CDR-1650S, 1750S, 3650, 3750
>IBM 3510, CD-ROM II
>NEC CDR-35, 36, 37, 72, 73, 74, 77, 80, 82, 83, 84
>Panasonic CR-501, LK-MC501S
>Sony CDU-541, 561, 6211, 7211, 6111
>Texel DM-3020, 3021, 3120, 5020, 5021, 5120, 3024, 5024
>Toshiba 3201, 3301

>There are some major new features in this beta.  However, I dont't have
>any program to verify their functionality.  Here is a list:

>o   OS/2 support for Windows** 3.1 applications
>o   Pen Presentation Manager* hooks
>o   MSCDEX support
>o   Enhanced Format Utility
>o   DMQS override
>o   Access Control List (ACL) installed
>o   PCMCIA support
>o   Enhanced printer support
>o   DOS Protected Mode Interface (DPMI) client
>o   Security hooks
>o   Enhanced CD-ROM support
>o   Advanced power management (APM) (except
>    mouse support)
>o   Multimedia support (except software motion
>    video)

>Productivity apps appear to be unchanged (for now), and there appears to
>be one additional applet to be included in 2.01 GA (can't said what
>it is because a vendor is selling a similar product right now).

>In additional, I can now start a DOS task from within WinOS2!  The DOS
>task will be started from the OS/2 desktop as a background process.

>All in all, I'm quite pleased with this release...  Now if they can fix
>all the damn install bugs...<g>
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>Please remember that I do NOT have the beta, therefore I have NO more
>information.  Please do not email me.

Any news about release date ?

 Svein Fagerland * HSR Stavanger Norway * Running OS/2 2.0.1 
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