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echo: os2
to: SEAN DENNIS
from: HOLGER GRANHOLM
date: 2018-06-16 09:41:00
subject: Re: OS/2 under VMware

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In a message on 06-15-18 Sean Dennis said to Holger Granholm:

Hi Sean,

SD> Those of us who like to use modern hardware.  You'd be surprised at
SD> how quickly you can fill up disks when you're a file hub.

Yes I know and with your wellstocked file department I understand that.

My system has more or less become a bulletin board as the BBS states.
I distribute ANS, ARRL, SRAL and SSA bulletins to scandinavian hams.

 HG> I have been told that the new versions such as Arca-OS and eComOS can
 HG> be installed on modern machines.

SD> There's a limit to how modern, however.  That's why I moved my BBS
SD> to Linux.

Well, I'm not interested in the latest hardware because OS/2 runs very
nicely on semi-old machines. I do however want to install OS/2 on a
laptop with dual core processor and maybe also on a stationary PC.

I would also like to try OS/2 on a VM under Win10 but that's not so
important because of the blue-screen presented to users because of
programming errors done by M$.

SD> Something fun: someone has written a 16-bit OS/2 shell for Linux. :)

I find no need for a 16-bit system. I don't even have so old hardware,
except the museum pieces Sinclair ZX-81 and a Triumph-Adler CP/M machine


CU AGN, Sam, OH0NC

aka Holger


.. My computer is my castle, no windows, no gates.
-- MR/2 2.30


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