Subj : Re: BBSing on CP/M To : Otto Reverse From : Dr. What Date : Sat Sep 18 2021 20:38:00 -=> Otto Reverse wrote to Dr. What <=- OR> Ha! Sometimes running very old OS versions is like being a sucker for OR> punishment. :p In my case, I got into vintage computing because of a real problem I had at work. I grew up with personal computers (the first on I used was TRS-80 Model I Level II and it was NEW at the time) so I always have in the back of my mind as I develop software that resources are limited and I need to keep an eye on how I use them. The problem at work was related to a new developer (who first started using computers that had far more resources than he could use). The tl;dr is that he pumped 1GB files through the system I was supporting that was designed to handle files only 10,000MB max. The idea that sending in a file 1000 larger than he originally told us he was going to send was going to be a problem didn't even enter his mind. Working with these very limited resource machines and seeing how much you can really do with these old computers is really interesting. And reminds us that computers don't have infinite resources. OR> It would be fun to have a collection of x86 DOSes in the box with OR> disk/manuals. Everything's on line today. No disks and manuals, but disk images and PDF files of the original manuals. I think I only have 1 computer that actually uses floppy disks today. This is mostly because I actually want to use these machines and floppies are getting harder and harder to locate (especially the 5.25" floppies). The last batch of 5.25" floppies I could locate had a failure rate of 2 out of 3 disks. OR> Didn't DR-DOS become Caldera DOS and then FreeDOS? Not sure. I think you are right about Caldera, but I thought FreeDOS was a complete rewrite. I did give FreeDOS a try on my Compaq Portable 386 and I wasn't impressed with how it worked over the original DOS 3 that came with the machine. .... You have to be sharp to be on the cutting edge. === MultiMail/Linux v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 * Origin: Diamond Mine Online BBS 21:1/194 bbs.dmine.net:24 (21:1/194) .