Subj : Re: OS/2 5.1
To   : Kevin Nunn
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Mon Sep 20 2021 18:16:08

-=> Kevin Nunn wrote to All <=-

I watched a lot of Warpstock 2021 also.

 KN> 5.1 should be out Q4/2021 or Q1/2022. Hopefully they stick to that.
 KN> Supposably, 5.1 will fix all the DOS window/fullscreen woes that have
 KN> plagued Arca and Ecomstation. That would be a big deal, then I can
 KN> active my doors again. The biggest thing is UEFI/GPT support, which
 KN> will improve the DOS & Win/OS2 support under UEFI and traditional BIOS.

Those are all huge issues and not easy to overcome but they have, which is
great.

 KN> That's the biggest thing that I am looking forward to. If anything of
 KN> note comes up later (still watching), I'll make another post.

I'm glad they're still working on it.  The xCHI support is really nice to
have.  Did you see in the chat the retro DOS gamers who are starting to use
ArcaOS to play their beloved DOS games?

-- Sean
 
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