Graham Perrin on Nostr: ArcaOS 5.1 gives vintage OS/2 a UEFI facelift for the 21st century ...
ArcaOS 5.1 gives vintage OS/2 a UEFI facelift for the 21st century
<https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/04/arcaos_51/>; npub1fpefhusp7pcjpavwptw0vxswhaww6dyue9dpdxn5qvskt3cp2j9q4nth5v (npub1fpe…th5v)
❝… great fun, albeit challenging, and makes old, low-end kit fast and responsive again. Compared to any 21st century OS, it's tiny and amazingly snappy. There is a lot of DOS freeware and FOSS software nowadays without the murky semi-legal world of "abandonware" – for instance, the FreeDOS repo has a comprehensive selection. If you can live with just a selection of DOS applications, then on ArcaOS they're running very close to the metal, and you can multitask away to your heart's content.
❝ The Personal Edition is priced at $139 (£110). For owners of older versions and licensed copies of eComStation or IBM OS/2, update packages are available. ® ❞
Arca Noae:
<https://www.arcanoae.com/>;
<https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/04/arcaos_51/>; npub1fpefhusp7pcjpavwptw0vxswhaww6dyue9dpdxn5qvskt3cp2j9q4nth5v (npub1fpe…th5v)
❝… great fun, albeit challenging, and makes old, low-end kit fast and responsive again. Compared to any 21st century OS, it's tiny and amazingly snappy. There is a lot of DOS freeware and FOSS software nowadays without the murky semi-legal world of "abandonware" – for instance, the FreeDOS repo has a comprehensive selection. If you can live with just a selection of DOS applications, then on ArcaOS they're running very close to the metal, and you can multitask away to your heart's content.
❝ The Personal Edition is priced at $139 (£110). For owners of older versions and licensed copies of eComStation or IBM OS/2, update packages are available. ® ❞
Arca Noae:
<https://www.arcanoae.com/>;