07-03-15 14:18 Sean Dennis wrote to Holger Granholm about Installing OS/2   
      
    SD> @MSGID: <5597083C.14247.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    -=> Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance <=-   
   Howdy! Sean,   
      
   Another voice from the "Peanut Gallery"!   
      
    HG> To swim in safe waters, I'd recommend eCS (eComStation) because then   
    HG> you have all the necessary drivers for modern computers included as   
    HG> well as for older ones.   
      
    SD> I disagree.  They have fooled around with eCS so much that it   
    SD> breaks more than it works on modern equipment for me.  I have   
    SD> used OS/2 Warp 4.52 quite nicely over the past 20 years without   
    SD> problems.  The drivers for modern equipment are out there, you   
    SD> just have to know where to look.  eCS is terrible when trying   
    SD> to run a BBS under it from my experimentation.   
      
   How does Warp 4.52 compare with Warp 4 and Fixpak 12 that Holger uses?   
      
    EV> HPFS, I've heard the term but that will be another learning   
    EV> adventure for me.   
      
    SD> I'd recommend using JFS for any drive larger than 64GB...which   
    SD> is HPFS' limit.   
      
   Thanks for the 'heads up'.   
   Now to look up JFS, Thanks!   
      
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