Iffen you want something like that

Post #99,950 by jake123 5/2/03 3:50:35 PM Reply	Iffen you want something like that get OS/2. Setting it up to run without the desktop is trivially easy to do. You can also peel out the graphics layer without too much trouble. Also, it's virtual memory blows the doors off windows; it handles low ram situations very well, and also handles high ram situations very well. Furthermore, some simple performance tweaks to the SWAPPATH and MEMMAN statements in the config.sys can really set up a box to rock. Its threading is also extremely efficient; threaded non-interactive apps under OS/2 are extraordinary performers. --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #100,069 by pwhysall 5/3/03 12:50:40 AM Reply	No doubt. It's also deader than a doornail :\\ Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #100,102 by Another Scott 5/3/03 8:48:35 AM Reply	Depends on the meaning of "dead". A new version of eCS (an update to OS/2) is [link\|http://www.ecomstation.biz/home.html\|just out]. I think it's more alive than [link\|http://www.befaqs.com/news/readstory.php?story=196\|BeOS], and even that still has some life in it. YMMV. Cheers, Scott.
Post #100,288 by jake123 5/4/03 9:13:13 PM Reply	Well, not really but it certainly is a hard sell for many people. However, if you have a custom app that you want to stick on a box and have it sit in a corner and just work, OS/2 still bears consideration; while it was considered fat "back in the day", nowadays it qualifies as a lean mean operating machine. Of course, if you're considering eComStation, I'd also point out [link\|http://www.bmtmicro.com/BMTCatalog/os2/ecomstation.html\|http://www.bmtmicro..../ecomstation.html] for the US, and [link\|http://www.finnsoft.com/html/ecomstation.html\|http://www.finnsoft..../ecomstation.html] if you're ordering in Canada, or if you want a preloaded system. Since you're in the UK, you'd probably want to go to Mensys in the Netherlands: [link\|http://shop.mensys.nl/catalogue/mns_ecomstation11.html\|http://shop.mensys.n...comstation11.html]. "I'm not dead yet!" ;) --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------

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