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Setup & Installation / Arca 5.1 subscription
« Last post by j on November 20, 2025, 11:11:25 pm »
Hello!

I have bought "ArcaOS 5.1 -- personal edition" 11 months ago, my subscription ends in about a month, it allows me to download ArcaOS-5.1.1's iso, which I suspect is the latest version to date.

Would renewing my subscription allow me to download 5.2 when it is released or only "within" the 5.1 branch (5.1.2 I guess would be the next one); or when 5.2 is released I would have to buy it again (in which case I might just as well wait for it and not renew it at this time).

Thank you for looking!
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Events / Re: Warpstock 2025 USA - The end of my journey with ArcaOS
« Last post by Doug Clark on November 20, 2025, 12:12:07 am »
A few thoughts, FWIW, about the wifi discussion:

1) I was sitting next to a guy (Grant) at Warpstock who was using his iPad to provide internet to his Lenovo laptop running AOS 5.1.1 (I think it was through his iPad but might have been through his iPhone).  So it is possible.  If anyone wants the details I will email him and ask - if he isn't already reading this topic.

2) Grant is an assembly language programmer - his preferred language.  One of his goals is to get bluetooth running on OS/2.  He has an ODB2 car scanner that he wants to be able to read using OS/2.  So we MAY get some bluetooth support, for at least some devices.

3) I also watched  multiple people messing with USB to Ethernet adapters to get internet on their laptops: some were successful, some were not. So there ARE some that work.  Like almost all devices, you have to be careful when you purchase to get something that works with the drivers already available for OS/2.

4) As Dave Leo pointed out, there currently are limited resources available that can be applied to OS/2 related problems, like drivers and a web browser.   And some of those previously available resources are now less available because of world events.  So someone has to choose which problems get which resources.

5) There are devices which can be purchased today which enable laptops running OS/2 on bare metal to access the internet.  Those solutions are not as convenient as turning on the radio switch on the laptop and having internet access.  But they do exist, they do work, and they are relatively affordable.

6) I think that is what Lewis was trying to express at Warpstock. 

So yeah wifi isn't here yet, and it very well may not be here for some time to come.  But from my perspective I think that the decisions on where to apply resources have been pretty spot on.  AOS can run bare metel on new machines - which is a pretty amazing thing.
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Programming / Re: Software ports - the state of my art until now
« Last post by Dave Yeo on November 19, 2025, 04:53:27 pm »
Which assembler is being used? If GAS, don't need the OMF, if NASM, -f aout
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Programming / Re: Software ports - the state of my art until now
« Last post by Lars on November 19, 2025, 01:52:56 pm »
Hello all, I have finally set up a convenient development environment for my ArcaOS 5.1 VM and I'm in the process of porting some other software, hoping it will be useful. I placed my hands on something interesting, I have to say - and many things just compile without problems, thanks to the huge work of people like Paul Smedley and the others. Thanks guys!


After the good news, here are two interesting (?) problems I'm encountering on two ports:

1 - I'm working on porting Hatari (Atari emulator on SDL, https://www.hatari-emu.org/) and it mostly compiles, but then emxomf fails with two errors:

emxomf: Index too large
emxomfld: a.out to omf conversion failed for 'cpu/UaeCpu.a'.
make[2]: *** [src/CMakeFiles/hatari.dir/build.make:1287: src/hatari.exe] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:460: src/CMakeFiles/hatari.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:146: all] Error 2


I think they may be related to cmake, but can't find the culprit. Some of my current flags are these (attaching the CMD file I'm using to set up my dev environment):

EMXOMFLD_LINKER=wl.exe
EMXOMFLD_TYPE=wlink
CFLAGS=-O2 -DOS2
CXXFLAGS=-O2 -DOS2
ASLAGS=-Zomf
LDFLAGS=-Zomf -Zhigh-mem
LIB=-lcx


2 - eigen3 (math library) and octave workshop, both requiring Qt4:
I've tried to install all Qt4 software from RPM repositories but I still seem unable to find the development libraries. I'm about to look at them again but currently I seem unable to compile Qt4 software.

I'll gladly accept any advice on these two problems I'm encountering - in the meantime I'll try on something more and maybe start publishing my works on hobbes.

Mentore

ASLAGS ? I suppose that should be ASFLAGS ?
I think -Zomf should go into CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS and not ASFLAGS (assuming ASFLAGS are for the assembler)
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Programming / Software ports - the state of my art until now
« Last post by Mentore on November 19, 2025, 08:31:11 am »
Hello all, I have finally set up a convenient development environment for my ArcaOS 5.1 VM and I'm in the process of porting some other software, hoping it will be useful. I placed my hands on something interesting, I have to say - and many things just compile without problems, thanks to the huge work of people like Paul Smedley and the others. Thanks guys!

Now for a list of what's cooking (just the most relevant items):

  • MidiEditor - a Qt5 MIDI sequencer. It starts without problems, still have to try it on some complex MIDI file though. A really good help when it comes to music production.
  • yape on SDL: a Commodore VIC-20 / 64 / 128 / +4 emulator on SDL 2. Have to try it thoroughly but it seems working just fine.
  • jsEmu48 and x48 SDL: HP 48/49 emulators based on SDL. x48 still has problems due to the ROM / RAM image locations but it looks promising.
  • CometFTP: a Qt 5 SFTP client which looks very interesting.
  • CScope: one of the most interesting software analysis programs
  • semblance: text mode application to disassemble old MS-DOS software. Yes, I want to use it on some older DOS programs and see if I can do something on them.
  • two IMAP text mode mail clients - I would like to use them to build a REXX GUI wrapper and see if we can get a simple email client on IMAP.
  • Some interesting libraries: z80ex (Zilog Z80 emulation), capstone (disassembly), capsimage (disk image handling), libTmt (terminal emulation)
  • More to come in the next weeks I think..

After the good news, here are two interesting (?) problems I'm encountering on two ports:

1 - I'm working on porting Hatari (Atari emulator on SDL, https://www.hatari-emu.org/) and it mostly compiles, but then emxomf fails with two errors:

emxomf: Index too large
emxomfld: a.out to omf conversion failed for 'cpu/UaeCpu.a'.
make[2]: *** [src/CMakeFiles/hatari.dir/build.make:1287: src/hatari.exe] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:460: src/CMakeFiles/hatari.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:146: all] Error 2


I think they may be related to cmake, but can't find the culprit. Some of my current flags are these (attaching the CMD file I'm using to set up my dev environment):

EMXOMFLD_LINKER=wl.exe
EMXOMFLD_TYPE=wlink
CFLAGS=-O2 -DOS2
CXXFLAGS=-O2 -DOS2
ASLAGS=-Zomf
LDFLAGS=-Zomf -Zhigh-mem
LIB=-lcx


2 - eigen3 (math library) and octave workshop, both requiring Qt4:
I've tried to install all Qt4 software from RPM repositories but I still seem unable to find the development libraries. I'm about to look at them again but currently I seem unable to compile Qt4 software.

I'll gladly accept any advice on these two problems I'm encountering - in the meantime I'll try on something more and maybe start publishing my works on hobbes.

Mentore
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Applications / Re: BrainStorm: Best Classic OS/2 Software
« Last post by Mentore on November 19, 2025, 08:09:51 am »
Another piece of OS/2 software I use (at least now and then) is TrueSpectra Photo Graphics Pro.  Back then is the distant past I heard the developers moved from PC software to server based software for web graphics and discontinued development for the personal computer.

Heck, I even have a copy of Micrografx Designer 3.1 for OS/2.  This software used Micrografx Mirrors to convert a Windoze programing to OS/2.  I must admit that with OpenOffice drawing I rarely use Designer 3.1 anymore.

ME

PGPro has been long released as public domain, with a user key from TrueSpectra. A good gift, if I may say so - it's a really good piece of software, albeit "spartan" on the UI.
As per Designer, I happen to have a copy too - did fetch it from an abandonware site. Didn't use it though.

Mentore
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Applications / Re: BrainStorm: Best Classic OS/2 Software
« Last post by Mike Engle on November 19, 2025, 04:26:13 am »
Yes.  The CD contains a Deutsch folder.  Subfolders (like the English folder) include: acro, xos2, xwin_16, and xwin_32.

ME

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Applications / Re: Lost / Missing Software for OS/2
« Last post by Mike Engle on November 19, 2025, 04:23:05 am »
I have zipped the OS/2 files for Xact from the CDROM.  Installing from the CDROM does not require a code.  Does anyone have any idea where I can upload the zip file?

ME
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Applications / Re: BrainStorm: Best Classic OS/2 Software
« Last post by MPJ on November 18, 2025, 05:39:33 pm »
I have zipped the OS/2 English files for Xact.  Where should I send the .zip file?



Do you also have the German version?

VG
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Applications / Re: BrainStorm: Best Classic OS/2 Software
« Last post by Mike Engle on November 18, 2025, 04:55:14 pm »
Another piece of OS/2 software I use (at least now and then) is TrueSpectra Photo Graphics Pro.  Back then is the distant past I heard the developers moved from PC software to server based software for web graphics and discontinued development for the personal computer.

Heck, I even have a copy of Micrografx Designer 3.1 for OS/2.  This software used Micrografx Mirrors to convert a Windoze programing to OS/2.  I must admit that with OpenOffice drawing I rarely use Designer 3.1 anymore.

ME
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