Re: Long time lurker on the XyWrite list and...

[Kari Eveli lexitec@xxxxxxxx]

Jordan,

> Thanks for this info, Kari. I think you would find that eCS is a lot
> closer to supporting contemporary hardware than that last version of
> OS/2, although there may still be some gaps. I already have one VPC
> package that you provided, which probably has some overlap with this
> one. But it's always good to have additional options.


eCS is indeed the only option if you want to use the OS/2-type operating
system as the main system software, but running a version of OS/2 in a
virtual machine is the thing to do today. It fulfils what the main
selling point of eCS is: "eCS/2 allows IBM OS/2 and DOS users to run
their existing programs on today's hardware." (see:
http://www.ecomstation.com/)


In the same vein as my recommendation of running older Windows programs
under W2K, an older and more light-weight version of OS/2 might even be
preferable to eCS, and it is much less costly as it is free. The
operating system is just a piece of middleware that facilitates running
the actual application you want to run.


Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxx

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