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  • Running OS2 on Windows 11.

    From Nomen Nescio@[email protected] to alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.privacy.anon-server, comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.os2.advocacy on Sun Oct 5 09:15:22 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.os2.advocacy

    Anyone done it successfully?

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  • From Nomen Nescio@[email protected] to alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.os2.advocacy on Sun Oct 5 09:45:24 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.os2.advocacy

    In article <[email protected]>
    Nomen Nescio <[email protected]> wrote:

    Anyone done it successfully?

    I have it running on Win10 via VirtualBox.

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  • From Nick Charles@[email protected] to comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sun Oct 19 02:50:06 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.os2.advocacy

    Nomen Nescio <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>
    Nomen Nescio <[email protected]> wrote:

    Anyone done it successfully?

    I have it running on Win10 via VirtualBox.

    Why would Windows 11 be any different?

    I used to run OS/2 and later EcomStation (from the company that took over
    OS/2 after IBM gave up on it in the late 1990s) in VMs under Windows 7 and
    8.1. But there is so little software available for OS/2 that I basically
    lost interest in it and gave up.

    It is now maintained as ArcaOS with the latest release in early 2025.

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  • From Nomen Nescio@[email protected] to alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.os2.advocacy on Sun Oct 19 09:42:54 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.os2.advocacy

    On 18 Oct 2025, Nick Charles <[email protected]> posted some news:[email protected]:

    Nomen Nescio <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>
    Nomen Nescio <[email protected]> wrote:

    Anyone done it successfully?

    I have it running on Win10 via VirtualBox.

    Why would Windows 11 be any different?

    I used to run OS/2 and later EcomStation (from the company that took
    over OS/2 after IBM gave up on it in the late 1990s) in VMs under
    Windows 7 and 8.1. But there is so little software available for
    OS/2 that I basically lost interest in it and gave up.

    It is now maintained as ArcaOS with the latest release in early 2025.

    Gawd..

    I used to have to load it or Windows 3.11 on IBM P/S workstations, then
    install Madge cards, and configure Token Ring with Banyan Vines. After
    that we'd have to install either MS Office, or Borland Office - all by
    floppy.

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