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From DOS to OS-2: special report.

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| September 01, 1988 | COPYRIGHT 1987 Lotus Publishing Corp. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

From DOS to OS/2

We know that a lot of you are curious about OS/2. To help satisfy your curiosity and to help you make informed decisions abou the personal-computer industry's newest operating system, we've produced this special report on OS/2.

Larry Roshfeld reports on why IBM and Microsoft developed OS/2 and what problems it solves in "Why a New Operating System?" Most important, the article describes the differences between using DOS and OS/2, especially as they pertain to 1-2-3 and Symphony users.

In "Diary of an Early OS/2 User," our own Richard Cranford gives a blow-by-blow account of the detours and peculiarities he encountered while …

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