Hi! Ed,

On Wed, 09 Oct 13, you wrote to me:

 PQ>> I tried installing it, a couple of times, into a vBox config
 PQ>> but I couldn't get past first base.

 EV> Did you have to put all of the files in the WFWG disk set in the
 EV> vBox?

No, not all in one lump (directory).  Just going from memory (I'm currently
on Barb's U'u)... I was using a (virtual) floppy disk-based install set. 
There was some nonsense error on disk #5, I think, when it was looking for
hardware drivers.  If you consider the virtual hardware presented by vBox
is nowhere near the same 'technical level' as was available in 1993, then
it's understandable that WFWG would have trouble with it.  (Some
discussions on the vBox site already indicated that it was exceedingly
difficult, if not impossible.)

It was only a "would be nice" project so I gave up (after the
second of two attempts, BTW).  I was looking for a network solution for my
MS-DOS 6.22 vBox.  :)  These days I don't have a need.

 PQ>> All I can recall was that we bought our 486DX33 & WFWG in early
 PQ>> (Jan/Feb) 1994.

 EV> Feb 1994 was when the 486DX33 I ordered was delivered. Do You still 
 EV> have Yours?

Frankly, no.  It survived till at least 1997, as I recall buying a DX4/100
CPU from one of my users and upgrading the box.  The box was still running
the BBS in December '98 when it developed its own 'big bang'.  It went
through a classic meltdown.  (It was our family PC as well as the BBS
machine.)  Barb & I were in the family room (nearby) watching TV, when
the PC sprouted sparks & smoke with astonishing sound effects, and,
ceased to be a PC.

From the 'ashes' we've moved on through totally different BBS-related
software, multiple PCs (just checked: seven PCs exactly a decade ago), and,
various Windows versions.  Now, we're based on a combination of U'u +
vBox-ed PCs.  Imagine the power-consumption savings!  :-)

There is still one PC in my stash from the turn-of-the-century era,
complete with a USR v.everything modem.  I like to think it's the same box
as the old 486's, now armed with a Pentium-75Mhz CPU and either 8 or 16
megs of RAM.  I just don't know.  It's waiting, patiently, to be turned on
again and run the Fidonet mailer + BBS in real hardware.  :)

Cheers,
Paul.

... Cartoonist found dead in home.  Details are sketchy.
--- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox