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No OS/2 for DOS in Mac, Maybe Power Mac

No OS/2 for DOS in Mac, Maybe Power Mac — For those who asked, the DOS card from Reply cannot currently run IBM’s OS/2 operating system. Apparently it looks for something in firmware which exist on the card. Reply said they could work around the problem in doesn’t software but don’t have definite plans at the moment. However, IBM has reportedly shipped the first beta of OS/2 for the PowerPC, which could eventually result in a version of OS/2 that runs on Power Macs. [ACE]

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