Subj : Re: Freedos and Windows 3.x
To   : J0hnny A1pha
From : AKAcastor
Date : Wed Feb 28 2024 12:08:42

 ja> I'm setting up a DOSBIAN machine on my RPi 4, it's that diatro that boots
 ja> directly into DOS and can run up to Win 95. I have a couple Pi's laying
 ja> around, so I thought it'd be good to use as single-node DOS BBS
 ja> instances. Give the illusion of being on dedeicated machine :)

That sounds like a great setup, I will also be checking out Dosbian - booting straight into DOS definitely an aesthetic I can appreciate!

 ja> I've been futzing around for a month with virtualized machines, Win32,
 ja> OS/2, etc. so I thought I'd give the Pi a go as well. Although so far, for
 ja> DOS BBSs, OS/2 is my fav. There are some issues with Renegade spiking RAM
 ja> and crashing, but PCBOARD and TELEGARD run pretty smooth...

Are you running ArcaOS, or another version of OS/2?  Definitely interested to hear more about the virtualization experiments.


Chris/akacastor

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