IBM Corp duly announced OS/2 Warp yesterday, claiming that it has all the multi-tasking, crash-protecting power of OS/2, runs 32-bit and 16-bit MS-DOS, Windows and OS/2 applications, requires as little a 4Mb of memory and will be available in two editions – one for users that already have MS-DOS or Windows, with a list price of $130 and an expected retail price of less than $80, and a fullpack edition, for users without Windows, which will list at $200 and is expected to have a street price of $130; both ship with the BonusPak of some dozen applications, including easy access to Internet and CompuServe via the IBM Information Superhighway, whatever that may be; OS/2 Warp will come preloaded on systems from the IBM Personal Computer Co, Toshiba Corp and CompuAdd Corp, and Dell Computer Corp will offer Warp as a pre-load option to customers when they order personal computers; IBM will also distibute an enhanced version of One Up Corp’s SMART Source Migration Analysis Reporting Tool set, to help developers migrate 16-bit and 32-bit Windows applications to OS/2 Warp; it is is withdrawing from marketing the Mirrors migration program – One Up will continue to provide service and support for Mirrors until year-end but SMART now replaces Mirrors as the recommended approach for migration of applications to OS/2.
