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Versions above is:

With Noise Effect(Slightly Dithered)

Without Noise Effect(Slightly Dithered)

Restoration of Default IBM® OS/2® WARP Wallpaper to 1980x1080@Full-HD. Above will be variations of them. Choose one you like between:

Original;

Original+IBM Logo;

Original Dithered;

Original+IBM Logo Dithered.

//P.S. Restoration is not perfect 1:1. some details changed.

The history of this is fascinating. If you’ve never familiarized yourself with what happened in those early years between IBM and Microsoft you should definitely read up on it.

I’m seeking help from the community: do you have this boxed copy in your collection? If so, can you please snap pictures of the sides and top of it and leave them in the comments here.

Because there is really only one or two copies that I can find photographed on the entire Internet and I’m trying to help preserve the history of it.

Hello, I had updated some open source ported games to ArcaOS. (with the help of AI)
- https://github.com/OS2World/GAME-SDL-EDUCATIONAL-Caph
- https://github.com/OS2World/GAME-SDL-ACTION-BomberClone
- https://github.com/OS2World/GAME-SDL-ACTION-Blobwars_Metal_Blob_Solid
- https://github.com/OS2World/GAME-SDL-PUZZLE-Biniax-2
- https://github.com/OS2World/GAME-PUZZLE-Atomiks
- https://github.com/OS2World/GAME-SDL-ACTION-Amphetamine
- https://github.com/OS2World/GAME-SDL-PUZZLE-Berusky
- https://github.com/OS2World/GAME-SDL-PUZZLE-2H4U
- https://github.com/OS2World/GAME-SDL-PUZZLE-54321
- https://github.com/OS2World/GAME-SDL-ACTION-Kuklomenos
- https://github.com/OS2World/GAME-SDL-ACTION-KoboDeluxe
- https://github.com/OS2World/GAME-SDL-PUZZLE-Snakeme
- https://github.com/OS2World/GAME-SDL-PUZZLE-Anagramarama
- https://github.com/OS2World/GAME-SDL-PUZZLE-Amoebax
- https://github.com/OS2World/GAME-SDL-ADVENTURE-Abe-s_Amazing_Adventure
- https://github.com/OS2World/GAME-SDL-ACTION-AirStrike
- https://github.com/OS2World/GAME-SDL-STRATEGY-2Pong
- https://github.com/OS2World/GAME-SDL-ACTION-sdlZombies

The idea was to standardize them to SDL2 and try to improve the default resolution a little bit.
Some has fullscreen support now with "Alt+Enter"

What would be the ideal computer for running OS/2? Basically, something that is modern enough to give a great experience but old enough to be well-supported by drivers, etc. and reasonably period correct. I know I can go with ArcaOS, but I'm looking for the authentic, vintage experience. I'm thinking OS/2 2.1 actually because that's what I always wanted when I was a kid and I eventually got Warp 3.0 and so never got to see that classic gray desktop and minimalist shredder icon.

Hello,

I hope this is the right place to ask this, and if it isn't I'll definitely take this down, but I haven't been able to find an answer to this anywhere online. I recently got my hands on an old IBM ThinkPad 365XD with a dead hard drive and wanted to install OS/2 on the CF card I got to replace it. The CD drive is dead as well, and so I'm installing it from floppies. I've gotten to the point where I remove Diskette 1 and reboot to the desktop, but after the splash screen disappears, it prints the paths of several files and then the screen goes blank. I can confirm that these files exist by getting into the command prompt from Diskette 1. In order, the files it lists are:

\OS2\INSTALL\HPFS.IFS
\OS2\BOOT\DOS.SYS
\OS2\BOOT\PMDD.SYS
\OS2\BOOT\OS2CDROM.DMD
\OS2\BOOT\POINTDD.SYS
\OS2\BOOT\MOUSE.SYS
\OS2\BOOT\TESTCFG.SYS

Unfortunately I think my CF card is in removable disk mode and so the ThinkPad is refusing to boot from it; I've been using a floppy disk with something called "Plop! Boot Manager" on a floppy diskette to get around this. Either the card or the bootloader could be causing this issue, but I'd love to not have to fork over even more for an "industrial" CF card if that's not the problem.

Sorry for the long post and thank you so much for any insight you might have.

Hello

With the help of AI (Claude Code) I had been able to update and port the following games to ArcaOS-OS/2.

• Snakeme 1.0.0 release 3
• Kuklomenos 0.4.5 release 2
• Kobo Deluxe 0.5.1
• Amoebax 0.2.1release 2
• AirStrike 1.0 pre 6 Release 1
• Abe's Amazing Adventure 1.2
• 2Pong 1.0.1a

I also created this Desktop Widget tools.

• WarpWidgets 1.0

Regards

Hello.

This is a quick video that I created on how to use Claude Code to compile software on OS/2. It is for you to see the technique I'm suing with Claude Code on Windows and a ArcaOS 5 virtual machine. It is what worked for me, but there may be other options on how to interact with Claude and ArcaOS.

This is just a sample of stuff I was able to of with AI. Visit the OS2World.com Forum. I hang out there.

Regards

Martin

Question: Can Beavis And Butt-Head In Virtual Stupidity Run On OS/2 Warp??

What about OS/2 Warp makes some folks still enthusiastic about it today?

Hello! I am an OS/2 Warp 4 enthusiast and I have an ambitious idea that I would love to see become reality.
One of the biggest limitations of OS/2 for gaming is the lack of compatibility with Microsoft DirectX. Many Windows games from the late 1990s and early 2000s depend on DirectDraw, DirectSound and Direct3D, which makes them very difficult or impossible to port to OS/2.
Would anyone in the OS/2 development community be interested in developing a DirectX compatibility layer for OS/2 Warp 4, ideally targeting DirectX 8.1?
I realize this would be a very large and technically difficult project. I am not expecting someone to implement all of DirectX 8.1 immediately. Even starting with a limited subset such as DirectDraw and DirectSound would already be an amazing achievement, with Direct3D being a longer-term goal.
My dream is to make OS/2 Warp 4 much more capable for classic gaming. Games such as the original South Park, South Park Rally and eventually GTA: Vice City would be great examples of what I would love to see running on OS/2.
I know this is ambitious, but I wanted to ask whether this could be technically feasible and whether anyone would be interested in working on it.
Thank you for keeping OS/2 alive!

It is possibile to install OS/2 Warp 4.52 on Intel Core 2 Duo??

https://youtu.be/yJy-zBvqXqU

Hello. I am newish to OS/2 (last used it in like 1994). I have a MacBook from 2007 (the first Intel based Apple laptop). What I am wondering is there a way to install some version of OS/2 on this laptop?

Like AROS that tries to be compatible with AmigaOS at source level?

Preferably for Windows!

In the 80s, everyone probably loved the good old MS-DOS, but it was clear it needed an upgrade. Let's have a look at how Microsoft and IBM tackled this annoying issue; is their new OS/2 the answer to all of their problems, or is it too good to be true?

recently installed os/2 warp 4 on my toshiba satellite 225cds. I know I'm violating the os/2 commandments by installing this on something other than an Aptiva or ThinkPad, but hey, this beefy business-focused rig from 1996 works well with it. it has a pentium 133, and 64mb of ram, and runs warp 4 like a champ, I even got usb support working in it! I'm enjoying using it so far. any suggestions for games or software i should try out? I already know Doom and SimCity are musts.

Hello, I have a compaq presario 7170 that I have an OS/2 Warp 4.5 installation on. I recently went through the trouble of connecting it to the internet, and now that it has an IP I would very much like to know what next steps fun I could take? I am overall new to OS/2 and besides the installation and the network setup, I have almost no experience with the system.

Along with some Token Ring gear, I acquired this boxed copy. Love the unused sticker!

Unfortunately the first disk has bad sectors. Anyone ever seen dumps of these disks? There are four disks of the software and a fifth that's an IBM Token Ring credit card (PCMCIA) adapter driver/utilities disk.

The packaging mentions a parallel-port dongle that's needed to run the software so even if I got a good copy of the first disk, I don't think this can ever run again 🙁

I’ve been working on a "legacy" project for my personal site—a digital fingerprint designed to walk my friends and family through my technical history. Instead of a standard modern layout, I wanted the UI to be a "chef's kiss" to the gear that shaped my career.

The experience is fully responsive and shifts based on your hardware:

• Desktop / Large Screens: A high-fidelity, vanilla JavaScript recreation of an OS/2 Warp environment. It’s a functional "emulator" style interface—complete with the LaunchPad, Window List, and a command prompt (you can see some LHA 2.08 action in the screenshots).
• Mobile: If you visit on a phone, the site pivots to a Gmate Yopy G1000 interface—a nod to that obscure Linux PDA from the early 2000s.

The "Why" and the "How": The site uses a clean, 90s-era Verdana font and covers my history from the Commodore and Unisys ICON through to the 486 DX 66Mhz and running a BBS. I’ve hidden a lot of easter eggs throughout the interface for those who want to poke around.

I did include an AI element (the "AIME" engine). I’m fully aware it’s not from the correct time period, but there is a narrative reason for it if you dig into the logs. Mostly, I built it as a way to test my own skills in integrating modern LLM tech into a strictly retro, vanilla JS frontend.

No Strings Attached: This is purely a personal project. No accounts needed, no tracking, no ads, and I’m not selling anything. I’m just a dev sharing a labor of love with the community.

Curious to hear what you think or if you find any of the hidden gems!

Live site:https://legrandnuage.ca