Subj : Re: Freedos and Windows 3.x
To   : AKAcastor
From : j0HNNY a1PHA
Date : Wed Feb 28 2024 23:55:16

 > Any idea what is optimal hardware for ArcaOS?  A while back I bought a
 > license and ran it for a while on a system here, but I didn't really
 > explore its capabilities.  I am curious how beefy of an OS/2 system
 > can be built, and how many nodes of a BBS could be run (obviously
 > there's a lot of factors involved).

It's got some specific requirements, but nothing really daunting:
https://www.arcanoae.com/wiki/arcaos/technical-specifications/

Maybe putting it through the paces in a VM could shine a light, I've got
6 nodes setup for PCBOARD on physical hardware (circa 2005), and I
guarantee there will only be 0-1 used ay any time, LOL.


 > With SMB and VNC that seems convenient.  Is there an SSH server for
 > OS/2?

I'm using the NetDrive plugin, and it has SFTP/SSH. I've read that someone
got OpemSSH working on ArcaOS as well...

 > I looked a bit at 86Box, it could be a promising option I think, right
 > now it doesn't have telnet softmodem built in, but that could be
 > worked around (or added to 86Box).  I haven't used 86Box enough to
 > know if there are other issues that would pop up.

I see 86Box pop up quite frequently now, I've never used it. the telnet
softmodem is just really nice in DosBOX-X and Staging!

 > I agree with the love for physical machines, and also agree it's just
 > so hard to run enough machines to meet our ambitions.  It really is
 > convenient to be able to use VNC and other tools for remote management
 > also.

Chuckling -- just loaded FreeDOS bare metal on my "modern" PC (Asus Z97
motherboard, Intel i7 - LOL) and it shows "953,234 Mega bytes free" -
don't think i'll need that much space :)


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