Subj : ArcaOS 5.0 - the "new" OS/2 Warp. Anyone used?
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Feb 23 2023 22:24:54

  Re: ArcaOS 5.0 - the "new" OS/2 Warp. Anyone used?
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Thu Feb 23 2023 05:52 pm

 PF> I loved OS/2, but I was running mostly DOS apps at the time. I wonder if
 PF> my tastes have changed since then. My biggest concern would be finding a
 PF> browser that's updated frequently.

 PF> The charm of OS/2 for me was being able to run DOS VDMs and create custom
 PF> environments. I did so to run a DOS LAN program that didn't support OS/2
 PF> natively. That way, I could use a DOS VDM as a gateway between the DOS LAN
 PF> and my OS/2 desktop. You could do something similar (and more) with a
 PF> virtual machine in Windows nowadays.

OS/2 was definitely good at running DOS programs and allowing using them in ways they couldn't be used in plain DOS.

Nightfox
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