TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47
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On 14 Apr 2021, buanzo said the following...
 
 bu> Is anyone running os/2 (virtualized I would assume) on dedicated or cloud
 bu> servers?

i don't believe OS/2 plays nice with QEMU.. if you had a host you could upload
a custom image to, it would be unlikely to boot. (e.g. any host that uses KVM).

tbh i think the options are:

rent a dedicated server.. it'll come with some flavor of linux. install
VirtualBox on there, and run OS/2 under VirtualBox. use ssh to tunnel in to
use VNC, then you can control the machine as usual. i did some basic testing
running a BBS under OS/2 & VirtualBox and it was SLOW. (and on a Ryzen 7 2700x
host machine..)

OR go the whole way and build yourself a mid-tower OS/2 machine with the specs
you want and google "mid tower server hosting" to find someplace to ship it
off to. prices range from $50-99 a month. i wouldn't bother with anything more
expensive than that..

i have personal experience with this company that was positive:
https://managedway.com/colocation-facilities/single-server


if you do the VirtualBox thing.. i wrote some things down at some point:

Avoid versions other than Warp 4.52 CP2
Use default 2GB virtual disk drive size. Make other drives/partitions/whatever
for more
Don't use SVGA it defaults to. Select GENGRADD that doesn't mention VGA
Install additions from CD

things might have improved since then, but still a safe starting point.

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