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Message number 3744 in "QUICKBBS Support"
Date: 05-19-92 18:21
From: David Reed
To: Don Pryor
Subj: QBBS & OS/2
Hello Don!
Sunday May 17 1992, Don Pryor writes to David Reed:
DP> Might I trouble you for your config files also?
No problem. First of all, I upgraded my Oak 256K VGA card (that one's not
compatible with OS/2). Then I added another 4MB of RAM (for a total of 8MB).
Once that was done, I installed OS/2 and formatted my entire hard drive for
HPFS. Then, I retrieved my trusty backups of D'Bridge, QuickBBS, etc. and
installed them on the hard drive.
If you're running D'Bridge beta versions (with the built-in communications
functions) don't even try to get everything working together. I spent MANY
hours trying to make it work reliably, and it just don't. Dropping back to
D'Bridge v1.30 was no problem.
In the DOS settings (under OS/2) I installed the X00 device driver, with the
same settings included with the OS/2 compatible version (1.49a), except that
I did not rename it to x00.exe. I left it as x00.sys and installed it as a
DOS device driver for the DOS session that controls my mailer/bbs. I did NOT
include the mode com1, etc. that is described in the x00 readme file.
Other than the above, I installed the "default" OS/2 setup. I did not
disable com.sys or vcom.sys from config.sys (and I recommend that you don't),
and I did not install one of those "fixes" floating around, that don't fix a
darn thing.
My system is running very reliably, better than it did under DOS, as a matter
of fact. I am very happy with it. To sum up my feelings, I will NEVER buy
another DOS or Windows application!
QuickBBS does just fine. I run all my games as Type-7, and XRS is set up as
a Type-15. Everything works great. Swaps in... swaps out... everything's
fine!
Anyone who may doubt how smooth things run... call my BBS at (206) 848-2831
and see for yourself. ;-)
Later,
Dave.
--- QuickBBS v2.76 (Beta-7)
* Origin: The CrossRoads BBS, Puyallup, WA *HST/V32b* (1:138/135)