Subj : Re: PCBoard v16 op.system
To   : Ozz Nixon
From : Holger Granholm
Date : Wed Apr 24 2019 14:45:00

In a message on 04-23-19 Ozz Nixon said to Holger Granholm:

Hi Ozz,

ON> I am keen on eventually getting a copy of ArcaOS - just so I can see
ON>  "can I still support" OS/2(ish) environments.

What I know about ArcaOS is that it's not able to communicate by Wifi.
That is a couple of months old info but Wifi is extremely important for
all that want to use a laptop.

The info I have about eCS is only founded on their advertising of it.
According to that eCS is compatible with all previous OS/2 programs.

Sean Dennis would by now have experience of both eCS and ArcaOS since
he has gone all the way from IBM's OS/2 through both of the new ones.

> That IBM's version is now substituted with eCS and ArcaOS (Blue Lion).
> Both state to be compatible with the original operating (IBM) system.

Yes, as stated above but without WiFi access for ArcaOS.

ON> How important is Serial Communications to you? When we did our
ON> original survey last year, I think 2% said they want dial-up... and

Serial communication is still very important because I've still got
users using land-lines and Wifi. Also it's quite important to be able to
use a laptop as a BBS-machine with the inherent battery backup.

So far it hasn't been possible because of the limited harddisk capacity
that the old IBM's operating system allows.

ON> PPAE has:
ON> 1.   JAMmb API as the message base - stress tested pulling in USENET
ON>  for a week - no problems.
ON> 2.   A Parallel NNTP Server - uses PCB16 USERS.DAT for
ON> authentication and access control.
ON> 3.   Full-Tested Fidonet Tosser
ON> 4.   PPE is no more, as the WHOLE BBS is an interprested open source
ON> script. Organized so people can replace prompts, screens, logic, etc
ON> 5.   * Primary focus in the message side of thing - next month
ON> I migrate to focusing on the FILE side of things.

Thank you and

Have a nice day,

Holger


... OS/2 is 25 years old; dead but still walking!
-- MR/2 2.30


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