I tried to install Warp 4 on a T42 while back. I concur...it was a pain in
the butt, and never worked well enough to stick with it.
On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 2:25 PM Steve Lewis via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
You'd think an IBM operating system on an IBM
ThinkPad would be easy-peasy
- but good grief, it's taken me over a year to finally get a magic formula
that works. Not too new, not too old.... (and yes, I have ArcaOS too, but
I wanted an OG 1994 install)
One interesting thing I found is that OS/2 can actually run SecondReality
(in full screen, but it suspends it when I ALT-ESC to something else) --
including with SBPro audio. I couldn't do that with WinXP yet (same
hardware), even though trying explicit DOS settings. I may tinker some
more on that, but rebooting to "MS-DOS Mode" in 95/98 can changing EMM386
from NOEMS to RAM then SR works.
I'll do a write up on the adventure soon-ish, I'm still trying to figure
out the TCP/IP settings stuff for OS/2. My first experience on the
Internet was "borrowing" my sister's credit card and racking up $100 for
an
afternoon of web-surfing on dial up, with OS/2 Warp in 1994. A graphical
Traceroute was so neat to see, a graphical Gopher, and some early web
sites. Frankly, that day I fully realized that "BBS's are done for" (or
cute ANSI couldn't compete with HTML).
I paid my sister back, eventually. At the time I thought it was just an
activation gate, didn't realize there was a per-minute charge. Sorry sis!
Don't leave your card out on the table :P
-Steve