Subj : Re: Am I the only one dum
To   : ACMEBBS
From : vorlon
Date : Wed Jun 08 2022 16:40:56

 > hardware from that time, I'd be able to run it. But the things
 > IBM did made it fail to install on newer hardware. I've not
 > tried the new versions (Ecomm/Arca). One being the cost for the
 > product, and the second being that I've now moved onto other
 > OS's. (Linux, and &^%&^Doze for client support).
 
 AC> Same here. Do have to say I had a subscription for 2 years to Arca
 AC> and was MUCH improved from the Warp 4 days.

I read all the hype etc, but just wasn't willing to spedn the money they
wanted (I think it came to over $150AUD).

 AC> A temp job I had for a day or two had me doing a move for Ford to
 AC> another location. Set up their systems in a new office & all of
 AC> them were running Token Ring with OS/2. Getting all the
 AC> workstations set up/running without any of the Windows issues blew
 AC> my mind...so got a copy of it when I could do so.

Yeah, it's a pitty that IBM shot them self's in the foot, and it also
didn't help that MS screwed the pooch at the same time. Win NT/2000 could
run OS/2 console programs for some time, untill MS removed that feature.

 > It was a joy to run, and very stable. It ran my BBS system for
 > many years.
 
 AC> That was 1 thing I was most shocked about...compared to Windows.
 AC> Never had any of the BS I would run into with older versions of
 AC> Windows.

The hardware took leaps and bounds, yet IBM didn't do anything to keep up
or market OS/2 correctly.


 


\/orlon



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