diff --git a/_posts/2015-12-27-revisiting-os2.md b/_posts/2015-12-27-revisiting-os2.md index b516b533a..6ba599a04 100644 --- a/_posts/2015-12-27-revisiting-os2.md +++ b/_posts/2015-12-27-revisiting-os2.md @@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ drive C. Next, I installed the [MS OS/2 SDK 1.02](/disks/pc/tools/microsoft/os2/sdk/1.02/). This SDK was released around December 1987 and included a copy of Microsoft OS/2 1.0. I don't have any of the printed documentation that came with the SDK, such as the *Installation Guide*, but I do have the [Microsoft® Operating System/2 Programmer’s Toolkit](/docs/os2/microsoft/ptk/1.0/) -from March 1988, thanks to the [OS/2 Museum](http://www.os2museum.com/). +from March 1988, thanks to the [OS/2 Museum](http://www.os2museum.com/wp/os2-history/os2-library/os2-1-x-programming/). Aside from Microsoft's assembler (MASM) and C compiler, the SDK included some other useful tools, such as **SDKED** -(SDK Editor), which was essentially an OS/2 port of Mark Zbikowski's **Z** editor that was used internally at +(SDK Editor), which was essentially an OS/2 port of Mark Zbikowski's **Z** Editor that was used internally at Microsoft for many years. The same editor was later renamed to **M** and ultimately **PWB** (Programmer's Workbench). With the introduction of various Integrated Development Environment (IDE) products, such as Visual BASIC in 1991, -Visual C++ in 1993, and Visual Studio in 1995, this stand-alone editor became obsolete, but in the 1980's, it was a +Visual C++ in 1993, and Visual Studio in 1995, this stand-alone editor became obsolete, but in the 1980s, it was a valuable tool. You can learn more about [SDKED](/disks/pc/tools/microsoft/os2/sdk/1.02/#using-sdked) on the diff --git a/devices/pc/machine/README.md b/devices/pc/machine/README.md index 38b4f20cd..eaa7dcf9e 100644 --- a/devices/pc/machine/README.md +++ b/devices/pc/machine/README.md @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ We also support a variety of other [Devices](/devices/): ### Ready-To-Run App Demos -Check out these machines from our [IBM PC Application Archive](/apps/pc/): +Machines from our [IBM PC Application Archive](/apps/pc/): * [VisiCalc (1981)](1981/visicalc/) * [Executive Suite (1982)](1982/esuite/) @@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ And here are some machines from our [IBM PC Disk Archive](/disks/pc/): List of Preconfigured IBM PC Machines --- +This is a list of all the other preconfigured IBM PC machines in the project. Some of them include +a predefined state, which automatically restores the machine and the specified application to an initial +state, while others include a hard disk with preinstalled software. + +However, most simply boot an early version of DOS, and the hard disk, if any, will generally be unformatted. +From there, you can load another disk image + ### Model 5150 Machine Configurations * [IBM PC, MDA, 64K](/devices/pc/machine/5150/mda/64kb/) diff --git a/disks/pc/tools/microsoft/os2/sdk/1.02/README.md b/disks/pc/tools/microsoft/os2/sdk/1.02/README.md index 461ba3050..571e95f2b 100644 --- a/disks/pc/tools/microsoft/os2/sdk/1.02/README.md +++ b/disks/pc/tools/microsoft/os2/sdk/1.02/README.md @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ printed documentation that came with the SDK, such as the *Installation Guide*, ### Installation -If you look at the **TOOLKIT1** disk, in the **OS2DOC** folder, you'll find **READ.ME!**, which includes some very +If you mount the **TOOLKIT1** disk and look in the **OS2DOC** folder, you'll find **READ.ME!**, which includes some very useful information about the SDK installation process: The installation guide is confusing, can you give me three easy steps to @@ -73,13 +73,14 @@ the missing **NETWORK** disk; specifically: NMPIPE.H README.DOC -but you aren't likely to need those. +but you aren't likely to need those. We will rebuild a copy of this missing disk from other sources and +include it in the SDK at a later date. ### Using SDKED -As previously noted, we don't have a copy of this SDK's documentation. But we do have a copy of the "[User's Guide -to the Z Editor](/disks/pc/tools/microsoft/misc/root/Z.TXT)", by Mark Zbikowski, August 4, 1986, included -below. **SDKED** was an OS/2 port of the Z Editor. +As previously noted, we don't have a copy of this SDK's documentation. But we *have* unearthed copy of the +"[User's Guide to the Z Editor](/disks/pc/tools/microsoft/misc/root/Z.TXT)", by Mark Zbikowski, August 4, 1986, +included below. **SDKED** was an OS/2 port of the Z Editor.