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===Articles===
===Articles===
;Overviews & introductions
;Overviews & introductions
* Edward Duhe, Rene Gracia, Kathy Hutchison & Tony White: [https://web.archive.org/web/19970131164156/http://pscc.dfw.ibm.com/psmag/nov96/tech/os2-1.htm OS/2 Warp 4: Best on the Planet] - Published in [[Personal Systems Magazine]], November & December 1996.
* Edward Duhe, Rene Gracia, Kathy Hutchison & Tony White: [https://web.archive.org/web/19970131164156/http://pscc.dfw.ibm.com/psmag/nov96/tech/os2-1.htm OS/2 Warp 4: Best on the Planet] - Published in [[Personal Systems Magazine]], November & December 1996 - Via [[Archive.org]]
* Brian Proffit: [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2rK8GDDQbTYC&pg=RA1-PA137 OS/2 Warp 4.0] - From [[PC Magazine]] September 1996.
* Brian Proffit: [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2rK8GDDQbTYC&pg=RA1-PA137 OS/2 Warp 4.0] - From [[PC Magazine]] September 1996.
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Revision as of 08:09, 12 July 2016

The OS/2 V4 desktop
The OS/2 V4 desktop

The fourth major release of the client version of the OS/2 operating system and also known as Warp 4 or under the original project name Merlin. It is not as radical a change as OS/2 Warp Version 3 was from OS/2 Version 2 mainly because the money earmarked for OS/2 development inside IBM's Personal Systems Division was used to develop the ill-fated OS/2 PPC, and while small portions of the OS/2 PPC code showed up in Merlin, most of the changes were superficial. The release does include a number of additional features that were developed as separate programs though, such as OpenGL support.

Versions

Minor versions

IBM released versions 4.5 for those with a defect support contract and for a time also sold it as a upgrade. This has numerous fixes and updates introduced in OS/2 Warp Server for e-business, and a small number of fixes developed since. The last minor version released was 4.52

Publications

Books

  • Getting to Know OS/2 Warp 4 – Prentice-Hall 1996, ISBN 0-13-842147-1
German
  • Zietlow: OS/2 Warp Version 4 - tewi 1996, ISBN 3-89362-522-4
  • OS/2 Warp V4 in Team - C&L Verlag 1996, ISBN 3-932311-02-7
  • Koch: OS/2 Warp Version 4 – Das Kompendium – Markt & Technik 1997, ISBN 3-8272-5213-X
  • Ehrkamp: OS/2 Warp 4 – bhv 1997, ISBN 3-89360-266-6

Articles

Overviews & introductions
Reviews

Links

Author