Subj : FidoNet Active
To   : Gleb Hlebov
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Tue Dec 12 2023 17:23:24

On 12.12.2023 13:15, Gleb Hlebov wrote:

> On 10.12.2023 22:42:52, Tommi Koivula wrote:
>
>> This bbs system has been running under OS/2 over 30 years,
>> continuously.
>
> But, I guess power outages must've happened sometimes?

Of course. However, never long ones even if this systen is running at my
home in the countryside in Finland. I have also had UPS devices from the
beginning, and that was year 1996 when I moved here. ;)

>> Just checked, this installation of OS/2 Warp v4.52 was installed
>> 25.03.2004. There will be 20 years party pretty soon. :)
>
> That's a lot of devotion. :-)

Considering that I'm usually pretty much away from home. ;)

> I'm not sure it you could run multi-tasking OS/2 sessions without PM
> and under CLI with REXX? If this is the case, it should be as good as
> a *nix server automated with shell scripting.

I could run all without PM, in TShell for example. In fact all the BBS
related software are running in textmode...

'Tommi

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