
New freeware Oberon System V4 for OS/2 2.1 released
I'm posting this article for Daniel Steiner, the author of
Oberon for OS/2, as he has no writing access to comp.lang.oberon.
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I am announcing that a new version of OS2oberon (Oberon System V4 for OS/2 2.1)
has been uploaded to hades.ethz.ch.
Oberon for OS/2 is an implementation of Oberon for IBM OS/2 2.1.
This is release 0.3 of the ETH Oberon System Version 4.0.
Oberon Version 4.0 is a new release that replaces Version 2.2.
The main difference between V2.2 and V4.0 is the replacement
of TextFrames by WriteFrames and Edit by Write. A more precise des-
cription of the differences between V2.2 and V4.0 can be found
in the text "OberonV4.Text".
This version of Oberon for OS/2 does run on both FAT and HPFS partition
but does not use advanced features of HPFS filesystem if running on a
HPFS partition.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Hardware:
- An IBM Computer or Compatible running IBM OS/2 2.1.
- A 386, 486 or Pentium processor.
- 4MB of extended memory (absolute minimum).
- 5 MB of hard disk space.
- preferably a screen with resolution of 1024 by 768 pixels
(although smaller size screens will work, too).
- preferably a three button mouse (and a mouse driver that
supports all three mouse buttons).
Software:
- IBM OS/2 2.1
RESTRICTIONS
- currently only the current drive is supported
- color palette is not supported
- to increase termination speed (System.Quit) $FILEDIR.$$$ is not
written back to disk
- calling nil procedure variables result in wrong trap message (wrong
location)
For more details read the file "oberon2_read.me"
The software can be obtained by anonymous ftp from
hades.ethz.ch:/pub/Oberon/OberonV4/OS_2