Subj : Re: ArcaOS
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : esc
Date : Sat Aug 06 2022 13:55:01

 pF> I loved OS/2 for its DOS compatibility. I was a Novell sysadmin at the
 pF> time,  and all of the admin tools were DOS console-based apps. OS/2
 pF> could handle  all of them running with ease.

Yeah, it still seems to have perfect DOS compatibility for anything I've thrown at it. Pretty remarkable considering I'm able to run these things on bare metal with modern-ish hardware.

 pF> At home, I ran OS/2 on my desktop and DOS on the BBS. I had a LANtastic 
 pF> network and was able to make a MS-DOS VDM to support it, since there was
 pF> no  native support.

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 :)

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