IBM's Limited Release of OS/2 Warp for PowerPC in 1995 Marked End of Development
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Baker's choice. Dense with flavour, light on filler.
Summary
The article details the obscure release of OS/2 Warp for PowerPC in December 1995, which was IBM's attempt to port its OS/2 operating system to the PowerPC architecture. Despite years of hype and development, the release was extremely limited—only available to select IBM customers, never actively marketed, and marked the end of OS/2 development for PowerPC. The article explores the technical challenges of the port, the limited hardware support, and how this release represented a failed attempt by IBM to compete with Windows NT on alternative hardware platforms.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledIn December 1995, after unexpectedly long development (but is that really unexpected?), IBM finally 'shipped' OS/2 Warp, PowerPC edition.
Following years of hype and high expectation, the release was very low key and in fact marked the end of development of OS/2 for PowerPC.
The product was only available to a limited number of IBM customers and was never actively marketed.
OS/2 PPC may not even had a box, although there were nice looking official CDs.
The PowerPC adventure—by far the most exotic release of OS/2
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