We had ARexx on AmigaOS which extended a bit on Rexx.
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We had ARexx on AmigaOS which extended a bit on Rexx.
Progenix Oj101
Dealer
I thought you were implying that they were still using it.
Progenix Oj101
Dealer
I thought you were implying that they were still using it.
OS/2 code was partially owned by Microsoft (maybe except for security libraries and HPFS). However without divorce agreement covering access to various software IBM patents, Microsoft would not be able to sell Windows at all. If you are going to challenge this statement take a note that all Windows architecture was based on DLL concept which was patented and exclusively owned by IBM.
IBM was in that time in the transition process to the pure service company, but it is still a mystery behind why marketting of successful OS/2 WARP 4 was suddenly stopped and agreement with Microsoft was sealed.
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I remember having to support someone else's OS/2 2.x PC that ran Rexx scripts to scrape FOREX rates from a 3270 mainframe session which the script reformatted and then initiated a slowdem connection to transmit FOREX rate changes to two Cambiomat machines.
Rexx was quite impressive at the time.
Now we have PowerShell as a standard in Win 10), but it was available for download for a while, running on XP and above. Also powerful and more modern, but we can use Python instead, if you ask me.
Totempole
Executive Member
I have a soft spot for Win 98. I use it for running my old games. Emulation just doesn't cut it for me.
Hamish McPanji
Honorary Master
I hope you are using at least the SE version
The_Unbeliever
Honorary Master
Warpheads 
Glad I'm not the only one
Glad I'm not the only one
The_Unbeliever
Honorary Master
Interestingly, OS/2 was the first OS to offer virtualization.
DOS from Drive A:
Was cool
DOS from Drive A:
Was cool
ARexx was one of the greatest features of AmigaOS, IMHO...
Arthur
Honorary Master
Yes, very cool. But it's not the first PC opsys with virtualisation. Windows/386 in 1987 could run multiple DOS machines using the 80386's MVDM. I bought my copy from Joan Joffe in October that year. Still have it, with receipt sellotaped to the box.Interestingly, OS/2 was the first OS to offer virtualization.
DOS from Drive A:
Was cool
Of course mainframes had been doing it for 15 years before it arrived on the PC.
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Totempole
Executive Member
The_Unbeliever
Honorary Master
I remember loading warp - was it 28 or 32 stiffies in all. Felt like a Jukebox after setting up a pc.Warpheads
Glad I'm not the only one
The_Unbeliever
Honorary Master
Irritation was the stiffy drive shuffle, esp with the first 5...
Was much better when Warp was released on a CD, no more stiffy issues, but still need to boot from stiffies, CD was not bootable in that day. WinNT did have the edge then... but OS/2 still ran rings round anything Ickdoze...
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The CD was so cool with only 2 stiffies to boot. I used to hate loading machines before that, especially when you encounter a corrupt stiffy.Irritation was the stiffy drive shuffle, esp with the first 5...
Was much better when Warp was released on a CD, no more stiffy issues, but still need to boot from stiffies, CD was not bootable in that day. WinNT did have the edge then... but OS/2 still ran rings round anything Ickdoze...
Arthur
Honorary Master
Here's the last pic of my OS/2 diskettes - from the Big Cleanout in June this year. Filled a whole bin (ok, there were other old diskettes as well, such as Win 3.11). The ones at the top are OS/2 1.1 Extended Edition.
PS. Still can't use that South African word for diskettes.
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Would like to know as well
Some banks use a virtualised version on top of MS OS. It's mostly for 1 or 2 functions.
System integration through a generic switch is a major long term challenge, especially if you have 100+ major systems that need to work as 1.