OSINWPFP - OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT OS/2 WARP CAN BE INSTALLED OVER
12/21/95

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        Operating Systems That OS/2 Warp Can Be Installed Over
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DESCRIPTION

This document defines the operating systems over which OS/2 Warp 
packages can be installed.

RESOLUTION

Three different versions of OS/2 Warp are available for purchase. One 
version comes in a box with a red spine, and two come in boxes with 
blue spines. The differences are as follows:

* Red spine: Uses your existing DOS and Windows. Also called "OS/2 Warp
  for Windows."

* Blue spine 1: Includes DOS and Windows application support. Also
  called "Fullpack."

* Blue spine 2: Upgrade edition for users of OS/2 Version 2.1. Also
  called "Fullpack Upgrade."

The following table summarizes which of these three versions of OS/2 
Warp can be installed over Windows and previous releases of OS/2.


    |                                |     |           |   Blue   |
    |                                |     |   Blue    | Fullpack |
    | Can be installed over:         | Red | Fullpack  | Upgrade  |
    +=============================================================+
    | OS/2 for Windows 2.1 and 2.11  |  X  |           |          |
    | including Service Paks         |     |           |          |
    +-------------------------------------------------------------+
    | OS/2 1.3                       |  X  |    X      |          |
    | including Service Paks         |     |           |          |
    +-------------------------------------------------------------+
    | OS/2 2.0,                      |     |    X      |          |
    | including Service Paks         |     |           |          |
    +-------------------------------------------------------------+
    | OS/2 2.1 and 2.11              |     |    X      |    X     |
    | including Service Paks         |     |           |          |
    +-------------------------------------------------------------+
    | DOS 4.0 or higher              |  X  |    X      |          |
    +-------------------------------------------------------------+
    | MS Windows 3.1 and 3.11        |  X  |    X      |          |
    +-------------------------------------------------------------+
    | MS Windows for                 |  X  |    X      |          |
    | Workgroups 3.1 and 3.11        |     |           |          |
    +-------------------------------------------------------------+
    | Empty Drive                    |  X  |    X      |          |
    | (no operating system)          |     |           |          |
    +-------------------------------------------------------------+

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