Re: XY-4 and OS/2 Experience

[hseaver@xxxxxxxx (Harmon Seaver)]

> Pray tell, what's a good OS/2 replacement for Xtree Gold? I use the
> latter for just about everything, am not looking to give it up. Do wish
> it recognized long filenames, tho--a major, major shortcoming in my
> book.

  FM/2 by M. Kimes (Bare Bones Software) -- you can find it on
hobbes.nmsu.edu or ftp-os2.cdrom.com as fm2_211.zip. I think that's the latest
version. He updates it pretty often -- costs $40 to register. Actually, I'm
still using v. 1.47, even tho I keep getting the upgrades, and installing them
in a different directory, 1.47 has a different look to it that I like better.
You can, if you so desire, replace your whole desktop with FM/2. It's actually
so good that IBM should just buy it from Kimes and include it in the package.
You can run it anyway you want, with keystrokes, up/down/sideways cursor, or
point & shoot with the mouse.
I use a combination -- just double click on any file to view it, or execute it,
or view and/or manipulate the contents of an archive. I love it.


Harmon Seaver hseaver@xxxxxxxx

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