I am pondering buying a licence for os/2. if its just for running old
dos games or running a bbs it seems like a perfect idea.
is there any cloud browsers for os/2?
and can i use firefox 45 the last ported version for basic browsing?
I am pondering buying a licence for os/2. if its just for running old dos games or running a bbs it seems like a perfect idea.
When you say os/2, do you mean ArcaOS? That's the latest/greatest incarnation of os/2 and I can confirm it's pretty stable and does DOSYes, ArcaOS. Im kinda thinking Windows bbsing isnt really my thing and Im not really into Linux.
things well.
Cloud browsers? You mean like dropbox, google drive, etc?Yup
Yes, ArcaOS. Im kinda thinking Windows bbsing isnt really my thing and
Im not really into Linux.
I was pondering Elebbs/2 with fmail/2 running D'Bridge.
So does ArcaOS have to be run on an older machine? Ive been thinking
the same lately. Im not a big windows fan, tried linux a little, but
did not know I had any other option like ArcaOS.
So does ArcaOS have to be run on an older machine? Ive been thinking the same lately. Im not a big windows fan, tried linux a little, but did not know I had any other option like ArcaOS.
booting/running on UEFI systems without requiring a CSM.what is a csm?
On 08-04-22 15:55, Utopian Galt wrote to All <=-
I am pondering buying a licence for os/2. if its just for running old
dos games or running a bbs it seems like a perfect idea.
questions:
is there any cloud browsers for os/2?
and can i use firefox 45 the last ported version for basic browsing?
booting/running on UEFI systems without requiring a CSM.what is a csm?
hardware. I believe the next major release (5.1) is even supposed to support booting/running on UEFI systems without requiring a CSM.
I have it running on a recent-ish intel nuc, bare metal hardware, no vm
or anything. I will say that as far as I know right now you won't be
able to use secure boot but other than that it should run on most modern stuff.
I read in an OS/2 Facebook group the other day that there will be a new browser for OS/2 soon, based on Chromium.
So does ArcaOS have to be run on an older machine? Ive been thinking the same lately. Im not a big windows fan, tried linux a little, but did not know I had any other option like ArcaOS.
Irish_Monk
By the looks of it it should run on modern hardware, however its 32bit. This mean the 32bit memory limit kicks in and you will only have access to ~3.3gig of ram even if your system has more. Partitions are limited and I
I briefly had a look at the ArcaOS web site, and they say it supports 64-bit hardware. Though I'm not sure if that means they have a 64-bit version, or if they're saying that because a 32-bit OS is capable of running on a 64-bit PC.
By the looks of it it should run on modern hardware, however its 32bit. This mean the 32bit memory limit kicks in and you will only have access
to ~3.3gig of ram even if your system has more. Partitions are limited and I don't remember how large they can be. and last files cannot be large than 2 gig.
looks like you can run it in a VM so you could still have the underlying power untied with a decent OS. Try Manjaro, or PopOS. Both are decent
if your newer to Linux.
I briefly had a look at the ArcaOS web site, and they say it supports 64-bit hardware. Though I'm not sure if that means they have a 64-bit version, or if they're saying that because a 32-bit OS is capable of running on a 64-bit PC.
But to summarize, the cool part of the upcoming 5.1 release is thatGuess I'll wait for 5.1 before plopping my 129.
you'll be able to use modern hardware and bootstrap into an environment
with full DOS compatibility.
Utopian Galt wrote to All <=-
I am pondering buying a licence for os/2. if its just for running old
dos games or running a bbs it seems like a perfect idea.
is there any cloud browsers for os/2?
and can i use firefox 45 the last ported version for basic browsing?
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The real value prop of ArcaOS for me is the DOS compatibility, in which case the 32-bit OS is actually a benefit.
But to summarize, the cool part of the upcoming 5.1 release is that
you'll be able to use modern hardware and bootstrap into an environment with full DOS compatibility.
At home, I ran OS/2 on my desktop and DOS on the BBS. I had a LANtastic network and was able to make a MS-DOS VDM to support it, since there was no native support.
Later on, I got rid of the dedicated BBS box and ran OS/2 native apps on my desktop, ran wonderfully.
I loved OS/2 for its DOS compatibility. I was a Novell sysadmin at the time, and all of the admin tools were DOS console-based apps. OS/2
could handle all of them running with ease.
At home, I ran OS/2 on my desktop and DOS on the BBS. I had a LANtastic network and was able to make a MS-DOS VDM to support it, since there was no native support.
thrift shops, and so on - I bought a copy of OS/2 Warp 3 for $3, with
Interesting - one of the things I'm trying to figure out is how to have ArcaOS serve as a door game server. The missing piece for me is how to
get it to listen for rlogin attempts and to do the auto-door-launch
thing. If you have ideas here, I'm all ears :)
I am pondering buying a licence for os/2. if its just for running old
dos games or running a bbs it seems like a perfect idea.
I am pondering buying a licence for os/2. if its just for running old dos games or running a bbs it seems like a perfect idea.
There is a torrent, for testing and all.
if you're a savvy programmer (or know one) there's sample code for a fossil to named pipe bridge on hobbes (filename FossDummy_0-1.zip) ..
this gets you only the dos side so you'd need to write a rlogin server
to both generate dropfiles and service the other side of the named pipes the doors talk to.
I ran OS/2 ver.3 on my desktop without a problem. Upgraded
to ver 4 and could not get my mouse to work. Went so far
as to call IBM support. Before they would even let me talk
to tech support, I had to pay them. That's when I dropped
OS/2.
I ran OS/2 ver.3 on my desktop without a problem. Upgraded
to ver 4 and could not get my mouse to work. Went so far
as to call IBM support. Before they would even let me talk
to tech support, I had to pay them. That's when I dropped
OS/2.
But did you get the mouse working? Perhaps you found answers in
a forum?
I am pondering buying a licence for os/2. if its just for runnin dos games or running a bbs it seems like a perfect idea.
There is a torrent, for testing and all.
if it makes you feel better it would have been reasonably possible to
use a copy of warp 4 as a demo from a magazine cover, copy some files
over and apply some fixpacks and end up with a decent gray-area copy of os/2.. at least back in the day..
bright side of that is all of the serial i/o is fake without SIO and virtual com ports. downside is comport-only doors won't work (though you could emulate that stuff too the same way fossil is emulated in the example)
Trust me, I've both purchased and obtained so many softwarez over theibm still wants a set licence fee for each copy. That is what is keeping the cost the cost.
years - but I think the ArcaOS project isn't IBM... while I wanted to
take a peak at it first, I did buy a license since I wanted to use it in production. But I agree with you; data should be free - especially when we're talking about software that is 30 years old and runs on hardware
that isn't current.
bright side of that is all of the serial i/o is fake without SIO and virtual com ports. downside is comport-only doors won't work (though yo could emulate that stuff too the same way fossil is emulated in the example)
I have that "feature" with RLFOSSIL under DOS. So long as the doors play bal with a fossil they run, although I've hit the odd exception, and the ones that aren't fossil aware are dead in the water.
That's why I setup a work around. I have another RG board setup that is running with NetSerial for JUST ComPort doors. Only bad port the user has to rlogin to it and enter their user name and password. No way to make it seemless ... yet.
On 08-05-22 08:17, fusion wrote to Vk3jed <=-
On 05 Aug 2022, Vk3jed said the following...
I read in an OS/2 Facebook group the other day that there will be a new browser for OS/2 soon, based on Chromium.
this has been the same story since netscape 2.02
That's why I setup a work around. I have another RG board setup that is running with NetSerial for JUST ComPort doors. Only bad port the user has to rlogin to it and enter their user name and password. No way
to make it seemless... yet.
I have to ask who's playing 350+ door games? Probably lucky to find 200 good ones :P In dem good ol' days I had an alphabets worth, in the end
I cut it back to 10 or so I think..cut down the dilution rate in the players there were.
I have to ask who's playing 350+ door games? Probably lucky to find 200 good ones :P In dem good ol' days I had an alphabets worth, in the endYea, I feel quality beats quantity. I could install 50-100 door games but who really wants to visit them all?
I cut
it back to 10 or so I think..cut down the dilution rate in the players
there
were.
That's why I setup a work around. I have another RG board setupthat is Ex> running with NetSerial for JUST ComPort doors. Only bad
port the user Ex> has to rlogin to it and enter their user name and password. No way to Ex> make it seemless ... yet.
why not just run the whole board on netserial then?
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