Hello, Scott.   
      
   Tuesday March 29 2011 at 13:48, you wrote to Jay Dickinson:   
      
    SL> And if we fast forward another decade or so, 64bit OSs cannot run DOS   
    SL> programs without a full emulator.  If you want to run your BBS on your   
    SL> latest Windows 7 64bit six core god box, VirtualBox or VMWare are your   
    SL> friends.   
      
   AKA the "Belchfire 4000" box.  I've seen some of those screamers in use at a   
   friend's place who does a lot of graphics rendering.  Amazing how fast those   
   machines are!   
      
    SL> Is there any reason you want to use ancient hardware and operating   
    SL> systems?  Unless you specifically want to get your old board running   
    SL> exactly as it was, get your hands on a copy of W2K/XP and be done with   
    SL> it.   
      
   I'm still running OS/2 Warp 4.52 for my BBS, but it's still modern enough for   
   me to do what I need to on it.  The board itself is running on a Dell   
   Dimension 4550 (2gHz/P4, 384 MB RAM, 400GB HD storage space) so that's enough   
   to do anything I need it to.   
      
   Later,   
   Sean   
      
   ... Serving coffee on an aircraft causes turbulence.   
   --- GoldED/2 3.0.1   
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