Hello everyone,

Plz excuse any dem0nstrated ignorance on my part as I am new to this echo; I am

trying to get OS2 Warp 4 setup under VMWare for the sake of running a bbs. A bit of sanity I agree & when asked why? My typical response if "why not".

Are there any good bbs programs out there that continue to do well or have most

gone to the way side?

Thanks,
Phil

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Are there any good bbs programs out there that continue to do
well or have most gone to the way side?

Robert Wolfe ((1:116/17) would probably be a good source :)

(And yes, indeed, "why not"?!)

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Sunday October 01 2017 07:47, Phil Kimble wrote to All:

Plz excuse any dem0nstrated ignorance on my part as I am new to this echo; I am trying to get OS2 Warp 4 setup under VMWare for the sake of running a bbs. A bit of sanity I agree & when asked why? My typical response if "why not".

Why not? Because you can run OS/2 in a real hardware! Like I do! :D

'Tommi

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Phil Kimble wrote to All <=-

Plz excuse any dem0nstrated ignorance on my part as I am
new to this echo; I am trying to get OS2 Warp 4 setup under
VMWare for the sake of running a bbs. A bit of sanity I
agree & when asked why? My typical response if "why not".

Are there any good bbs programs out there that continue to
do well or have most gone to the way side?

Personally, I preferred to go all native and run native versions of
Maximus 3.01, FastEcho 1.46.1, FrontDoor 2.33/mL, Internet Rex and
AllFix.

However, I am running all of my /2 stuff under ArcaOS Pro 5.0.1 here at
home.

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Joaquim Homrighausen wrote to Phil Kimble <=-

Are there any good bbs programs out there that continue to do
well or have most gone to the way side?

Robert Wolfe ((1:116/17) would probably be a good source :)

Replied :)

(And yes, indeed, "why not"?!)

Best answer around! :)

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Tommi Koivula wrote to Phil Kimble <=-

Plz excuse any dem0nstrated ignorance on my part as I
am new to this echo;
I am trying to get OS2 Warp 4 setup under VMWare for
the sake of running a
bbs. A bit of sanity I agree & when asked why? My
typical response if "why
not".

Why not? Because you can run OS/2 in a real hardware! Like I do! :D

That is unless you DON'T HAVE any additional "real hardware" to spare
for OS/2 or hardware that, well, just simply doesn't like a "real" OS :)

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Are you running FD where I can make a call out to it??

What's the address and port...

just wondering

IB JOE
AKA Joe Schweier
SysOp of Joe's Computer & BBS
Telnet: joesbbs.com

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Tommi Koivula wrote to Phil Kimble <=-

Why not? Because you can run OS/2 in a real hardware! Like I do! :D

That is unless you DON'T HAVE any additional "real hardware" to spare
for OS/2 or hardware that, well, just simply doesn't like a "real" OS
:)

Nope, situations are preventing accumulating real hardware. I agree it would be

the easier approach. I have a mac book pro & an Intel i5 NUC with ESXi installed for test labs.

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IB JOE wrote to Robert Wolfe <=-

Are you running FD where I can make a call out to it??

Yes.

What's the address and port...

os2bbs.org, standard port 23.

just wondering

IB JOE
AKA Joe Schweier
SysOp of Joe's Computer & BBS
Telnet: joesbbs.com

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Hello IB!

01 Oct 17 22:31, you wrote to Robert Wolfe:

Are you running FD where I can make a call out to it??

What's the address and port...

You can also try rbb.bbs.fi, telnet port 32, vmodem port 3141...

just wondering

Keep wondering. ;)

'Tommi

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Tommi Koivula wrote to IB JOE <=-

Hello IB!

01 Oct 17 22:31, you wrote to Robert Wolfe:

Are you running FD where I can make a call out to it??

What's the address and port...

You can also try rbb.bbs.fi, telnet port 32, vmodem port 3141...

Or os2bbs.org, port 23 or vmodem port 3141 :)

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