About to embark on getting Renegade DOS v1.33 up and running on ArcaOS.

Never used OS/2 during the 90’s bit was always curious about its DOS capabilities (“does DOS better than DOS”).

It also has a legal version of Windows 3.1 included, and some support for Windows 32 native apps. I figured at the very least I’ll need Perl to run the telnet sever that’s out there, or maybe Net2BBS will run.

Anyone use ArcaOS for BBSing? I know Mystic BBS had a native version at one point.

Biggest downside to trial is there is no trial version - $129 even to mess around with it.

    • @ALPHA64
      2•1 year ago

      Thank you! I just got SIO2K virtual modem up and running… woo hoo! Dealing with some random lockups, think it might be my hardware… but progress!

  • @ALPHA64English
    1•1 year ago

    Metal! No luck with VM so far

  • @ALPHA64English
    1•1 year ago

    Ok, so found out my Toshiba Satellite C655d is incompatible with ArcaOS. But it’s running on a PC (non VM) with an Asus z95 mobo and a brand new $40 SSD. I have to run DOS progs full screen due to a known issue, but works well. And OS/2 native BBSs run great!

    I did impulsively buy a Thinkpad T43 on eBay, the last model to ship with OS/2 for $49 as well. We’ll see if I can get that up and running!

    I didn’t have much luck with vietualbox.

  • @paulie420English
    1•1 year ago

    Oh, thats fun aLPHA… I really love ArcaOS - aside from its $120 license - its a really nice redo of OS/2; let us know how you get on with running DOS doors and whatnot.