Subj : Re: Workbench 1.3
To   : Don Lowery
From : Charles Stephenson
Date : Thu Apr 23 2020 19:07:19







On Apr 22nd 6:00 pm Don Lowery said...
 DL>  CS> ARCOS on.
 DL> I've read/seen some good things about it.  
 DL> 
 DL> Bought a used Lenovo ThinkCentre for $50. Upgraded to 12 GB & a 1 TB 
 DL> laptop drive I use for running ArcaOS. Got both at the same time as I got 
 DL> my tax refund back in February. Even upgraded the BIOS from 2013 to 2018.
 DL>

Sounds like the perfect system for running a BBS on. I also have a Lenovo, it's the Tiny Form Factor. I love it!

 
 DL> Anyway...everything is seen by ArcaOS. Been working with getting 
 DL> Telegard/2 working with SIO2K...SGMail or D'Bridge for a front end & 
 DL> FastEcho or Fmail for a JAM tosser. The reason is that TG/2 runs a JAM 
 DL> message base the same as Mystic. If Mystic eventually ends up with 
 DL> another OS/2-ArcaOS version...will head back to that.
 DL>

My first BBS computer I bought when I came back online almost 3 years ago was a older Intel Pentium system. After I transfered everything over to the Lenovo that PC has been collecting dust. I was planning on making that into either a OS/2 PC or a Amiga one. It has 2 modems in it. I'm planning on setting up a dial-in number.  I have all the equipment for it.
 
 DL> You will like ArcaOS & many of the changes they have implemented. Want to 
 DL> stay with Warp 4.52...the company has a package to provide you with 
 DL> drivers & such for I believe $49 a year. When I got my version...also 
 DL> signed up for a year of support for $58 a year. Many believe it is 
 DL> pricey...but when you consider the amount of money being paid for 
 DL> upgrading Windows...the cost isn't that bad.
 DL> 

I did install a older version of ArcaOS on that unused desktop. I'm not even sure where I downloaded it from, but it was a old version. Even with that, it looks pretty good.  I did have some boot issues. It would hang on occasion so I put playing with it to the backburner.

 DL> Got any questions...feel free to ask. Sean Dennis over at MicroNet has 
 DL> helped myself & others as well. Want to see what the future looks like 
 DL> for Arca Noae...head to this PR: https://tinyurl.com/y72s8yye.

For sure, I'll be bugging you guys very soon!

Thanks for the info!



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