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to: Robert Bull
from: Leonard Erickson
date: 2003-07-22 03:54:02
subject: Win9x and Arachne ?

-=> Quoting Robert Bull to Leonard Erickson <=-

 LE> Me, I've got an OS/2 box I do most of my "DOS" stuff on,
a DR-DOS box
 LE> that's running the node, a couple of Windows boxes for things that

 RB> There I'm surprised, because my current boss and former boss were both
 RB> mad  keen on OS/2 for running their nodes.  Both were/are major mail
 RB> movers, so  they really need a heavy-duty OS.

Well, I'd be doing that too, except that there's a conflict with
Netware (I think) and the motherboard that keeps the comm ports from
being functional. :-(
 
 LE> aren't easily down on the others, and a Netware server that ties the
 LE> mess together.

 RB> I don't have the space for more than a laptop ATM but it's sort of
 RB> occurred  to me that several computers running different OSs might be
 RB> the best way to  get things done.  I hadn't thought of tying a home
 RB> system together with a  network, though, and that might be useful.

Well, one nice thing is that if I crash a Windows box, it doesn't
affect the mailer. 

I went with Netware because I had a copy available, and I'd worked with
it before. 


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