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|    Don Lowery to Kevin Nunn    |
|    Re: First use of OS/2    |
|    05 Mar 20 21:35:37    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A46       MSGID: 1:340/1000 47a0ee69       REPLY: 1:19/50.1 809add20       TZUTC: -0800        KN> I can't remember exactly how I got my first copy, but it was 2.1 I        KN> believe or 1.2. I was (still am) a programmer for IBM midrange systems              Remember seeing something about IBM needing beta testers for 2.1 on floppy.       Didn't have a system to run it on...but a ton of new floppies were more than       welcome. Then a few years later...got the red spine of Warp 3 at Wal-Mart &       played around with that. Then someone got me a copy of 4 to play with...but       was more enamored with Windows...so didn't bother & went back to       Windows/Linux.               KN> But I used OS/2 until it was retired, then I bought of copy of        KN> EComStation and used it, and now ArcaOS.               Tried to use the demo version of ECom...but couldn't come up with the money       to get a copy of it. Now...if I can tweak it & they get some more of the       upgrades done to it...might get another license & run it on my main system.       That's a LONG way away...unless they can adapt ODIN/WINE to run a lot of the       Windows software. At that time...screw 10.              ACME BBS-Member of fsxNet/WWIVNet/SciNet/AmigaNet/VKRadio/FidoNet/MicroNet.              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/03/04 (Windows/32)        * Origin: ACME BBS-W.Coyote & D.Brown are our best users. (1:340/1000)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 18/200 57/0 90/1 153/250 220/70 227/114 229/101 426       SEEN-BY: 229/452 616 1014 240/5832 249/206 317 400 267/800 292/854       SEEN-BY: 317/3 322/757 340/1000 342/200 633/0 267 280 281 384 412       SEEN-BY: 633/414 640/1384 712/620 848 770/0 1 100 330 340 772/0 1       SEEN-BY: 772/210 220 230 500       PATH: 340/1000 770/1 712/848 633/280 229/426           |
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