Subj : Re: 2017/2018 PC to moder
To   : KURT WEISKE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Mon Nov 07 2022 16:31:00

> -=> esc wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

>  es> I never actually saw OS/2 for myself back in those days. I went
>  es> straight from DOS/Win3.11 to Win95. I was only ever running a single
>  es> node when things were dialup so I suppose I didn't miss much. *shrug*

> The only reason I ran it was we had it at work, and it was a "better DOS
> than DOS" as they advertised. I was a Novell admin and needed to have lots
> of DOS windows open to run the admin tools - as well as being able to load
> OS/2-level system drivers and have more memory inside of DOS.

> What was wild was running DOS networking in a DOS VDM, using a virtual DOS
> 6.22 disk image with DOS network drivers. I'd run LANtastic in that window
> and use it to connect with the BBS machine.
>
> ... All those updates, and still imperfect!
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I think you accidentally cross-posted this in error.  It looks like a
discussion from, IIRC, FSXnet.

Just so you know... if you were expecting a response you may need to post
it again.  :)


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