Subj : Re: ArcaOS
To   : esc
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Aug 06 2022 07:25:00

-=> esc wrote to Nightfox <=-

 es> The real value prop of ArcaOS for me is the DOS compatibility, in which
 es> case the 32-bit OS is actually a benefit.

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.

Later on, I got rid of the dedicated BBS box and ran OS/2 native apps on my 
desktop, ran wonderfully.

 es> But to summarize, the cool part of the upcoming 5.1 release is that
 es> you'll be able to use modern hardware and bootstrap into an environment
 es> with full DOS compatibility.

"A better DOS than DOS..."




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