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  Msg # 3345 of 3383 on FOS2-151, Thursday 3-04-20, 10:54  
  From: DON LOWERY  
  To: KEVIN NUNN  
  Subj: Re: Finally got ArcaOS 5.0.4  
   KN>  DL> I am stoked right now. In the past hour I got the OS installed on  
  my  
   KN> DL> new system. Runs like a dream!  
   KN> Welcome back to the OS/2 World :)  
    
  With the updates (USB & such) makes it so much better than dealing with  
  floppies & such. The feeling of seeing it run is like wearing your favorite  
  clothes. They fit great & make you feel great.  
    
   KN> DL> installation to continue. On final reboot...pull out the USB  
  drive an  
   KN> DL> let it go straight to the desktop.  
   KN> Good to know! I haven't tried a USB install yet, so I'll make note of  
   KN> that.  
    
  Had it hang several times. Unplugged the keyboard/mouse to make sure I  
  wasn't  
  doing something stupid. Wasn't. It just hangs up on USB...but not the DVD.  
  Figured it out...so just need to remember to unplug the USB on the 2nd boot  
  &  
  throw it back in after it goes to loading drivers.  
    
   KN> I forget what my main system has, but it's way more than enough for  
   KN> OS/2 needs. I think it might be 16gb and I have 8gb ramdrive or maybe  
   KN> it's 8gb with a 4gb ramdrive. Eitherway, the machine is hardly ever  
   KN> sluggish. Except when I open up Firefox, that can take a few more  
   KN> seconds than usual.  
    
  Even under the VM last week...Firefox was more responsive than on my 10  
  machine. With 1 GB...it was flying. Haven't tried it after I put in 16 GB  
  from the original 8 GB I had in there. I was impressed...because I never  
  remember Warp running like this back in the day.  
    
   KN> I have 2 old IBM Thinkpads that I have Arca installed on as backups  
   KN> for my BBS machine. And it runs great on them. They are just basic  
    
  That's what I was looking for...but when I got this thin client for  
  $50...couldn't afford to pass it up...especially since the seller was doing  
  everything to get rid of them.  
    
  ACME BBS-Member of fsxNet/WWIVNet/SciNet/AmigaNet/VKRadio/FidoNet/MicroNet.  
    
  --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Windows/32)  
   * Origin: ACME BBS-W.Coyote & D.Brown are our best users. (1:340/1000)  

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