*** Quoting Jason Hud from a message to Sean Dennis ***

JH>   Re: SIO and Virtualization   By: Sean Dennis to All on Sun Apr 22 
JH> 2007 03:13 am

 > Since SIO requires direct access to the hardware, it doesn't work or works
 > very poorly under any sort of "virtual PC" application. 
SIO2K had a small
 > workaround, but it just doesn't work, period.  If you need to run SIO, you
 > really should just run it under OS/2-eCS directly and not virtualized.


JH> he'll learn.

JH> anyways, i dont care HOW fast your computer is. you shouldnt be 
JH> running your  bbs off some virtual pc app.

JH> just get a cheap 100 dollar box and let it host the system.


i was running my bbs off of a 486 DX 50 with 36meg of ram and a 400 meg
hard ¨drive for the longest time. and it was under dos. but in the process
of ¨upgrading the system so that i could host 40gigs worth of abandonware
files. i ¨took in a 233 running nt 4.0. now the bbs is stand alone. the
only reason it's ¨networked now is for backup and for telnet access.



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