OS/2 is a proprietary computer operating system for x86 and PowerPC based personal computers. It was created and initially developed jointly by IBM and Microsoft, under the leadership of IBM software designer Ed Iacobucci, [2] intended as a replacement for DOS. The first version was released in 1987.

IBM OS/2 was an operating system introduced in 1987 by IBM and Microsoft to operate the second-generation line of IBM personal computers, the PS/2.

Nov 29, 2019 · In 1996, IBM released OS/2 Warp 4, which included a revamped Workplace Shell, bundled Java and development tools, and a long-awaited fix for the Synchronous Input Queue. It wasn’t nearly...

Sep 19, 2020 · OS/2 (Operating System/2) debuted in 1987 with the IBM PS/2 line. This line was designed to take IBM's PC series to new heights with new standards, like VGA, the PS/2 …

Jun 21, 2019 · In 2006, IBM discontinued the operating system and sold off OS/2 support to Serenity Systems and later acquired by Arca Noae. While OS/2 doesn’t get the same retrocomputer love as some...

OS/2 2.0 was the first widely used 32-bit operating system for PCs. It offered programmers a fully 32-bit API and a flat programming model which did away with the dreaded segments and 64K object size limits.

25 years ago---on September 26, 1996---IBM launched OS/2 Warp Version 4, its last major attempt to compete with Microsoft Windows in desktop operating systems. While a competent …

In October 1994 IBM released OS/2 Warp, the most popular version of OS/2 and arguably one of the coolest operating systems ever (Warp Connect even said so on the box—“The totally cool way to run and network your computer”—so it must be true).

Apr 2, 2012 · By the mid-1990s, IBM had given up on OS/2 — a major step in the company’s slow-motion retreat from the PC industry, which it completed in 2005 by agreeing to sell its PC division to China’s...