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   Martin Foster to Anna Christina Nass   
   Nodelist problem   
   18 Mar 21 11:18:00   
   
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   PID: OpenXP/5.0.49 (Win32) (i386)   
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   Hello Anna!   
      
   *** Tuesday 16.03.21 at 12:03, Anna Christina Nass wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
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    MF>> Have you looked at ArcaOS?   
      
    ACN> Not in detail, as it is a commercial program and I hesitate to invest   
    ACN> that much money in this project.   
      
   Very wise choice because I bought a licence 3 years ago which turned out     
   to be a HUGE mistake. After messing around with the simplest of things for     
   many weeks and getting virtually nowhere, I came to the conclusion that     
   I'd paid them for the privelege of being an alpha tester!! Quite simply     
   put, it wasn't fit for purpose.   
      
   With the help of their support guys, it took ~10 days to get it to     
   actually boot. USB support was terrible. DOS-OS/2 sessions didn't work.     
   Win-OS/2 sessions didn't work. The included version of Firefox was ancient     
   and took forever to load. Those are just some of the things that spring to     
   mind off the top of my head. My licence has long since expired and I've     
   not read anything anywhere that makes me want to rush out and buy another     
   licence.   
      
    ACN> And I still have original OS/2 versions (2, 3, 4) here that work "good   
    ACN> enough" for that :)   
      
   I had Warp3 but it went in the bin long ago(13 floppies!) =8)   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
      
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