Re: Re: For you SBBS Sysops operating on *NIX, what's your flavor?
By: Nightfox to Gamgee on Fri Jun 07 2024 03:27 pm
> Re: Re: For you SBBS Sysops operating on *NIX, what's your flavor?
> By: Gamgee to fusion on Fri Jun 07 2024 01:34 pm
>
> Ga> I never got aboard the OS/2 train. Straight from DOS to Win, and
> Ga> eventually Linux.
>
> I went from DOS to Windows too, but in 1996 I experimented a bit with OS/2
> because I was curious about it. I could definitely see how it would have
> been nice to run a BBS in OS/2 (even a DOS BBS). I had also played a bit
> with Ray Gwinn's SIO drivers, which allowed telnet access to a virtual
> serial port.. I tried setting up a copy of RemoteAccess (BBS software for
> DOS) with those SIO drivers and was impressed that I could successfully
> telnet into it. I also looked into an OS/2-native BBS package that I
> thought looked interesting (AdeptXBBS) but never actually used it to run a
> BBS.
>
> By that time though, Windows was the main OS I was using, and OS/2 was on
> its way out, with not much software being made for it.
>
> Nightfox
>
Your post really resonated with me. I really had big hopes for OS/2. While ser
ving in the Navy we used Windows NT Server and Workstation primarily but OS/2 Wa
rp made it's way into our internal network for managing building security (badgi
ng, door sensors, alarms). I wanted to run BBS's on OS/2 but ended up using Win
dows instead. It's so nice now to have so many options all the way from CP/M and
DOS all the way to Raspian, Debian, and some really cool distros. I've even go
t Mint installed on a spare laptop which is pretty decent and gives Ubuntu a run
for it's money from a desktop perspective.
Prowler (Tom)
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