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    From Kevin Nunn@618:200/1 to All on Mon Sep 20 13:06:05 2021
    Hey all,

    Listening/Watching warpstock 2021 and figured I would convey a few
    items.

    Link to the youtube playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4pjffCdj7wRBQfyneCN8kETgFesTSEy2

    5.1 should be out Q4/2021 or Q1/2022. Hopefully they stick to that.
    Supposably, 5.1 will fix all the DOS window/fullscreen woes that have
    plagued Arca and Ecomstation. That would be a big deal, then I can
    active my doors again. The biggest thing is UEFI/GPT support, which
    will improve the DOS & Win/OS2 support under UEFI and traditional BIOS.

    That's the biggest thing that I am looking forward to. If anything of
    note comes up later (still watching), I'll make another post.

    Kev


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  • From Sean Dennis@618:618/10 to Kevin Nunn on Mon Sep 20 18:16:08 2021
    Kevin Nunn wrote to All <=-

    I watched a lot of Warpstock 2021 also.

    5.1 should be out Q4/2021 or Q1/2022. Hopefully they stick to that. Supposably, 5.1 will fix all the DOS window/fullscreen woes that have plagued Arca and Ecomstation. That would be a big deal, then I can
    active my doors again. The biggest thing is UEFI/GPT support, which
    will improve the DOS & Win/OS2 support under UEFI and traditional BIOS.

    Those are all huge issues and not easy to overcome but they have, which is great.

    That's the biggest thing that I am looking forward to. If anything of
    note comes up later (still watching), I'll make another post.

    I'm glad they're still working on it. The xCHI support is really nice to
    have. Did you see in the chat the retro DOS gamers who are starting to use ArcaOS to play their beloved DOS games?

    -- Sean

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  • From Kevin Nunn@618:200/1 to Sean Dennis on Mon Sep 20 21:03:05 2021
    SEAN DENNIS wrote to KEVIN NUNN <=-

    Those are all huge issues and not easy to overcome but they have, which
    is great.

    Yes they have done a lot, I can't wait for 5.1, until then I have 5.0.6 chugging along.

    to have. Did you see in the chat the retro DOS gamers who are starting
    to use ArcaOS to play their beloved DOS games?

    I heard them talking about it and that will be huge, I am glad they are embracing it and see them as legit customers. OS/2 has always handled DOS/WINOS2 great on older machines, now that they care clearning the
    issues with newer hardware, it will make it even better.

    Kev



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  • From Sean Dennis@618:618/10 to Kevin Nunn on Tue Sep 21 02:06:15 2021
    Hello Kevin,

    Monday September 20 2021 21:03, you wrote to me:

    I heard them talking about it and that will be huge, I am glad they
    are embracing it and see them as legit customers. OS/2 has always
    handled DOS/WINOS2 great on older machines, now that they care
    clearning the issues with newer hardware, it will make it even better.

    Did you see Lewis talking about how AN has IBM as an ArcaOS customer? :D

    -- Sean

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  • From Kevin Nunn@618:200/1 to Sean Dennis on Tue Sep 21 15:33:05 2021
    SEAN DENNIS wrote to KEVIN NUNN <=-

    Did you see Lewis talking about how AN has IBM as an ArcaOS customer?
    :D

    Yea, I was surprised when he said that. It's good to know they are
    still someone involved somehow.

    Kev

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