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Re: ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution

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Post by acdha » Thu, May 18, 2017, 1:04 AM UTC

mhd wrote: post #25

PeCaN wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A new kernel with SMP support suggests they have at least some source access.

There were versions of OS/2 with SMP support, if I remember correctly.

In 1997 I had a dual Pentium 90 running either OS/2 or BeOS. It was really cool seeing the CPU monitor light up during a big compile.

(I got better at picking operating systems)

Re: ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution

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Post by ams6110 » Thu, May 18, 2017, 3:06 AM UTC

rmrk wrote: post #3

Are there orgs out there still running OS/2 ?

IIRC it was pretty popular for running Lotus Notes. But who uses that anymore either?

Re: ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution

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Post by adrianN » Thu, May 18, 2017, 6:08 AM UTC

ams6110 wrote: post #32

rmrk wrote: post #3

Are there orgs out there still running OS/2 ?

IIRC it was pretty popular for running Lotus Notes. But who uses that anymore either?

It's called IBM Notes now, and people do indeed still run it.

Re: ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution

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Post by Grazester » Thu, May 18, 2017, 12:10 PM UTC

notmtaemployee wrote: post #23

Grazester wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe the New York MTA use OS2 for their MTA metro card activity

They run Windows NT 4 on the mvm and even have a custom badged start up screen http://salim.virji.net/pix/transit/mta/crashed_metrocard_ven... The OS/2 stuff is used on the back end of the metro card system.

Ah so they use OS/2!

Re: ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution

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Post by quantum_state » Thu, May 18, 2017, 7:25 PM UTC

Is there anything OS/2 can do but other OS cannot do? Hope to be enlightened ... :-)

Re: ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution

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Post by guilt » Sat, May 20, 2017, 3:36 PM UTC

sixothree wrote: post #29

donpdonp wrote: post #2

the pricing model is also from the 1980s.

As is the website. I like how they describe the new graphical features without including a single screenshot. EDIT: To be sure, I'm genuinely interested in what it looks like.

Their installation Guide has some previews:

https://www.arcanoae.com/wp-content/uploads/wiki/ArcaOS50_In...