I'm in. Trouble-free initial installation of OS2 Warp 3 Connect Blue 8.200. I'm not going to use the network and internet features here, but I went for the nicest and fullest-featured version on offer just because they have usually already eliminated the worst early bugs.

The sound driver (AWE32) works. Nice zippy sound effect when I shut down the system. 1stRun HDD now 7zipped and backed up.

Let's see what this bad boy can do.

#retrocomputing #os2 #os2warp3

Many years ago, I ran a Fidonet BBS (3:632/392, FWIW). One of the nets I belonged to, Godnet, was run by a guy in New Jersey who used OS/2 to run his PC. Although I eventually ran down an OS/2 box set, I was never able to make it work. All those floppies; some were bound to be bad.

More recently, I acquired an ISO for OS/2 Warp 4.52 and decided to try it out in PCEm.

After finally getting the virtual machine right - it worked! Kinda. 💻 🐒 See attached.

#retrocomputing #os2 #vm

Next gratuitous #RetroComputing nerd project: set up #OS2 Warp 4 on my DOS/Win3 rig. It looks like all of my hardware is supported out-of-the-box so it should work well. I did a test run in 86Box and it all checked out there. My first impression is that it's like a weird parallel universe version of WinNT. Which, if I understand correctly, it basically is.

What's the essential "starter pack" of stuff I should install? I know about the Hobbes archive but that's about the limit of my experience.

A PSA about the #ebay seller "digistoremarket" they purport to sell #vintage #software like #os2 and such, but they just send you a CDR with pirated floppy images.

The listing does not make this clear at all, I ended up getting a full refund from ebay, so they handled it well, but the seller is still on the site selling the same scam software.

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #scammer

Received these in the mail today. Haven't had a Norwegian OS/2 box since the early 90s! And the one on the right is the somewhat rare Norwegian "OS/2 2.1 for Windows 3.1" on CD-ROM - if it isn't on archive.org yet it will be soon. :)

#RetroComputing#OS2#WhereDidMyMoneyGo

#Microsoft bought it for small money, relabeled it as #MSDOS and made their first Millions with it.

Furthermore: #Windows was a rip-off from macOS. And #WindowsNT was a dirty hit in the back while MS was (co-)developing #OS2 for IBM.

Most people don't even know about #Excel and (partly) #Word being a 3rd-party software bought by MS.

The main contribution by MS was not as a software developing company. Their core competence was taking money for something that was for free and widely shared and improved by all sorts of people before. They invented proprietary software, software licenses and mandatory software bundles with hardware with no option not to pay for it.

Whatever software decisions were made on top, were mostly really poor decisions IMO.

#Microsoft bought it for small money, relabeled it as #MSDOS and made their first Millions with it.

Furthermore: #Windows was a rip-off from macOS. And #WindowsNT was a dirty hit in the back while MS was (co-)developing #OS2 for IBM.

Most people don't even know about #Excel and (partly) #Word being a 3rd-party software bought by MS.

The main contribution by MS was not as a software developing company. Their core competence was taking money for something that was for free and widely shared and improved by all sorts of people before. They invented proprietary software, software licenses and mandatory software bundles with hardware with no option not to pay for it.

Whatever software decisions were made on top, were mostly really poor decisions IMO.

Good morning Fedi! Do any of yall use a operating system that's not Linux, Windows, BSD or Mac on a regular basis? If so, which one?

#os #linux #bsd #macos #windows #dos #freedos #amiga #plan9#Solaris #aix #pdp11 #retrocomputing #os2 #qemu #haikuos