HP van Braam

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Mar 6, 2025 at 1:50pmWeb
Show threadAri [APz] SovijärviMar 6, 2025

@hp But this one has Multi Media. It's like normal media, but there's more of it.

Oh man, I still remember working in a computer store and the sales guys pitching multi media capabilities as the main selling point for the big PC brand they sold instead of going the store-built no-name PCs.

Show threadCenbeMar 6, 2025
@hp OS/2 rulez forever and ever!
Show threadHP van BraamMar 6, 2025
@cenbe It's a fun OS! I'm not the biggest fan of the workspace manager, but it has some super interesting features!
Show threadzwangseinweisungMar 6, 2025
@hp OS/2 was still occasionally used for ATMs in Germany until a few years ago.
Show threadHP van BraamMar 6, 2025
@zwangseinweisung yeah, we had those in The Netherlands as well! But the OS/2 style ATMs with the amber or green screens have been gone a long time here.
Show threadzwangseinweisungMar 6, 2025
@hp Although I live relatively close to the Dutch border and i am there regularly, I have never withdrawn money from an ATM. Probably because it used to cost a lot of money. That's why I don't know the machines. I'll have to google it
Show threadRupert ReynoldsMar 6, 2025
@hp I remember running a mixture of OS/2 software and 2 or 3 Win 3.1 and/or DOS comms programs, each in its own virtual memory, and each running better than it did under DOS/Win (exactly as the IBM circus elephants promo promised).