The History of OS/2 (2001)

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Not a dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22924013 but we probably shouldn't have OS/2 x 2 on the front page, so I've moved most of the comments thither.

The 2001 date in the title is a guess based on the fact that it describes OS/2 1.3 in 1991 as "ten years ago", but I felt it important to include the date because a lot has happened to OS/2 since then!

eComStation came and went: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EComStation

And today you can get a brand new and frequently-updated OS/2 in the form of Arca Noae's ArcaOS! https://www.arcanoae.com/arcaos/

Any idea if the Odin project (running Windows apps 32bit on OS/2) is still active and works with ArcaOS?

I don't use it myself, but there are a handful of reports on the Wiki of people using it with both eComStation and ArcaOS: https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/Odin_Compatible_Appl...

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