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Networking / Re: SMB server Linux and ArcaOS
« Last post by Paul Smedley on July 03, 2025, 09:08:59 am »
Rings a bell about being a bug in ndpsmb.dll, I would try with https://smedley.id.au/tmp/ndpsmb-3.7.3-samba411-20220108.zip
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Applications / Re: General Software Testing
« Last post by Mentore on July 03, 2025, 08:01:18 am »
Hello

I found on some old online CD's "Champion for OS/2" which seems to be a Japanese IBM Works/Office alike software.
Seems to belong to IBM, MicroBurst and MetaSoft. Does anybody remembers if this was freeware or commercial?

Regards

Hi Martin, never heard about this software. Which is weird, since I got interested in Japanese years ago and sought for OS/2 based solutions but to no avail.
I would think about it as a commercial software, otherwise there would be some shareware copy on Hobbes or os2site.

Mentore
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Applications / [Looking] Info about MS LAN Manager
« Last post by Man42 on July 02, 2025, 10:07:32 pm »
Hello everyone.

I am interested in the detailed chronology of LAN Manager.
I have a few questions about this, I hope someone can add to my limited knowledge.
Also, I will provide the information I know. I hope that someone will be able to add.

My preliminary list versions:
– 1.00 (Client), available on WinWorld, it is unknown how complete and which OEM.
– 1.00 (Server) [3Com OEM], https://www.ebay.com/itm/285131666010 , The "slightly" high price
– 1.01 (Server) [Nokia OEM], https://archive.org/details/nokia-ms-lan-manager , presumably, two floppy disks with drivers are missing, which can be obtained from the Nokia OS/2 1.10 distribution.
– 1.10 (Server).[3Com OEM], available in Warez sources uploaded a year ago, slightly damaged.
– 2.00 (Server) (1990-06-28), Microsoft version, only the latest disk is available https://archive.org/details/doswksta7
– 2.00 (Server) (1990-11-29), it is unknown whether OEM or Generic. It is unknown why there are two editions. https://winworldpc.com/download/5d7a42cb-9ce2-82ac-c3bd-11c3a5c28f13
– 2.10 (Server). Released in 1992, missing
– 2.10a (Server). Released in 8/1992, missing
– 2.10c (Client), for PC-98
– 2.20 (Server) (English-US) https://archive.org/details/microsoft-lan-manager-2.2, missing OS/2 disks
– 2.20 (Server) (French),it's not very high-quality, but a good dump is available on Win3x.org
– 2.20a (Server), available in wareze sources
– 2.20b (Server, patch). Update patch for 2.20/2.20A
– 2.20c (Client).

Server versions 1.0/1.1 were equipped with a special version of OS/2 Server Adaptation (SA). OS/2 SA 1.10 has already been found (1.01 Nokia, 1.10 3Com). Presumably, there was an OS/2 release of 1.00 SA.

What I want to find:
– Any additions to my list (photos, another versions, another OEMs)
– Distributions of releases that I do not have
– LM distribution package 1.00, which presumably includes OS/2 1.0 SA
–information about localizations. Were LAN Manager versions 2.1/2.2 the only localized releases of LM?
–What is the reason for the existence of two versions 2.00?
–If I have any mistakes, I will be glad if you correct them.

And also, I want to get an answer to the question:
Explain which editions of LAN Manager actually existed?
You can often (always) find LM distributions on the Internet that don't have all the components. And the question arises, was it really a stripped-down edition, or did those who downloaded it exclude some of the floppy disks from the package for some reason?
I know for sure that there were two editions:
– LAN Manager Server (For example, 2.2). It includes DOS Workstation, OS/2 Workstation, OS/2 Server drivers, protocols for Netware and WfW.
– LAN Manager Client (for example, 2.2c). There are only DOS Workstation and OS/2 Workstation floppy disks.
Were there any other editions?
Workstation = Client?
did I understand correctly that the Client versions do not include OS/2?

Sorry for the complicated query. I hope for your  help.

P.S. Does anyone have versions of MS-NET/MS NETWORK? This is a topic for future study, so far I have not touched it. In the case of MS-Net, nothing is clear at all.

Best regards.
–Man42
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Networking / Re: SMB server Linux and ArcaOS
« Last post by Igor on July 02, 2025, 09:10:18 pm »
It is log files from client.
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Applications / Re: General Software Testing
« Last post by Martin Iturbide on July 02, 2025, 06:01:32 pm »
Hello

I found on some old online CD's "Champion for OS/2" which seems to be a Japanese IBM Works/Office alike software.
Seems to belong to IBM, MicroBurst and MetaSoft. Does anybody remembers if this was freeware or commercial?

Regards
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Networking / Re: SMB server Linux and ArcaOS
« Last post by Igor on July 02, 2025, 05:49:50 pm »
What Samba client are you using?

I use client 3.07.1 from 28 Jul 2020.
From distibutive ArcaOS.
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Programming / Re: Brainstorm: OS/2 on a Different Kernel
« Last post by Martin Iturbide on July 02, 2025, 05:48:44 pm »
Hello jmase. It is good to see you around.

I don't have answers, just opinions  :D

What do Haiku OS, OpenBSD, Redox OS, ReactOS (and so on) have in common? They are opensource.
And they all have a active development community.
Just as FYI:
- HaikuOS (Microkernel)uses "NewOS kernel" developed by Travis Geiselbrecht. Travis worked on the BeOS kernel, Haiku OS Kernel and now he is working at Google in the FuchsiaOS project (Possible on the Zircon Kernel)
- ReactOS (Microkernel) has  the "ntoskrnl" which is a kernel to be compatible with the NT Kernel.
- Redox OS (Microkernel) has a kernel made in rust.
- OpenBSD (monolithic)
I agree, if it is open source it has a better change to survive over time.

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Opensource could make it interesting for people to look how it was made, get new people interested
in creating a modern (64bit) OpenOS/2.
You all know I'm a supporter of Open Source since a lot of time. Open source allowed us to keep using OS/2 today, we had took a lot of the Open Source community. It is not for me as "Open = Good" and "Close = Bad", it is more like "Open = Better", since it is better to have the source code and binaries instead of only the binaries.

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Maybe a petition to IBM to opensource what they can would work now, so many years has passed...
(or ask them if the leaked sources can be used ;)
I am tempted to request it again to IBM, this time Arvind Krishna, the OS/2 sources, or partial sources, the OS/2 PowerPC source,  permission for the leaked source or even a license change to the IBM device driver kit source code that can be open source friendly... anything. But it is possible that we did not get a reply or something similar of the last time with Sam Palmisano, but you know the expression " ‘No’ is Guaranteed ", so what can we loose asking again?

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The kernel used should be the Linux kernel, not that its a great kernel but its actively developed, supports almost all hardware and there are tons of people who knows how it works. Implementing support for things like 16bit apps on a modern OS is not easy,
but using a really well known kernel with loads of developers would help.
I always loved the "Microkernel" idea and even the "Workplace OS" idea. I even think that the Android fragmentation problem was in part because of the Linux monolithic kernel (accompanied with the manufacturers that were so profit oriented and didn't want to compile new versions on the old devices). But I have to agree that the Linux kernel is widely used and possible the best option. I think it is the best shot because there is more knowledge of that kernel in general.

Regards
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Networking / Re: SMB server Linux and ArcaOS
« Last post by Igor on July 02, 2025, 05:44:21 pm »
And did you have disabled EA support?
Yes, disabled in client driver.
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Programming / Brainstorm: OS/2 on a Different Kernel
« Last post by jmase on July 02, 2025, 05:03:37 pm »
What do Haiku OS, OpenBSD, Redox OS, ReactOS (and so on) have in common? They are opensource.
And they all have a active development community.

Is the OS/2 source needed to put OS/2 on another kernel?
Strictly no, but the source would help alot to understand how apps talk to the kernel.

Opensource could make it interesting for people to look how it was made, get new people interested
in creating a modern (64bit) OpenOS/2.

Maybe a petition to IBM to opensource what they can would work now, so many years has passed...
(or ask them if the leaked sources can be used ;)



The kernel used should be the Linux kernel, not that its a great kernel but its activly developed,
supports almost all hardware and there are tons of people who knows how it works.
Implementing support for things like 16bit apps on a modern OS is not easy,
but using a really well known kernel with loads of developers would help.


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Networking / Re: SMB server Linux and ArcaOS
« Last post by Andi B. on July 02, 2025, 11:37:39 am »
And did you have disabled EA support?
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