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  • Re: Arca DOS video issue

    From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Don Lowery on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 15:00:26
    Don Lowery wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

    Had tried it with all 3 sets of drivers. Sat here & started thinking
    that In can't get it working in SNAP/Panorama that let's try it with
    the standard driver. Putting the switch on the end of the line & the
    mode setting in the Autoexec.bat does work for me. Have a feeling that
    if you or someone else tried this...may not work...especially with the bare metal setup I have with 1 of these used retail Lenovo units.

    I'll be trying it soon.

    The next time I get to my mess of a storage room, I am going to dig up an IBM/Lenovo (dual-badged) ThinkCentre desktop--the SFF one that's longer than
    it is wide with the top that pops open--and get ArcaOS on it. The Dell I have is just too big for this tiny room and that ThinkCentre can sit on a shelf (albeit a well-reinforced one since it's rather heavy). I have been thinking about moving my BBS to it since it would save a lot of floor space.

    I currently have my entire ham radio shack and the BBS in a little tiny 8x8' room in a shed here on the property. At one time, I had 10 computers, two printers, and several amateur radios stuffed in here. That all got moved out for the most part and now I just have my HP EliteDesk 705 SFF desktop running W10 for my personal and ham radio usage with the BBS on the floor.

    What I really like about ArcaOS is that I can print to my HP OfficeJet 4630 printer without many problems.

    --Sean


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  • From Don Lowery@1:340/1000 to Sean Dennis on Thursday, July 23, 2020 11:05:43
    mode setting in the Autoexec.bat does work for me. Have a feeling tha if you or someone else tried this...may not work...especially with th bare metal setup I have with 1 of these used retail Lenovo units.
    I'll be trying it soon.

    We've tried everything else...so it can't hurt & if it does work...will be a better way to run the OS. The thing I don't exactly understand why this traditional BIOS doesn't work straight out of the box. On the other
    hand...with the newer non-BIOS systems where it wouldn't work. Personally...I think ArcaOS will get this fixed eventually.

    Dell I have is just too big for this tiny room and that ThinkCentre can sit on a shelf (albeit a well-reinforced one since it's rather heavy).
    I have been thinking about moving my BBS to it since it would save a lot of floor space.

    Not sure if your room is the same size of what my old Elmer used to have
    which was in the same roughly area size. I suggested that if could move his desk out from the side wall less than a foot...he could put the system on the floor beside the desk. If this were today...I would've gotten him a Pi Zero (which would have been better than the Compaq he bought used years ago
    running Windows 98SE). Even if that wouldn't work good...the Pi4 would still blow that Compaq out of the water.

    I currently have my entire ham radio shack and the BBS in a little tiny 8x8' room in a shed here on the property. At one time, I had 10 computers, two printers, and several amateur radios stuffed in here.

    That sounds almost like my old Elmer. Are you sure you don't live in Jerome, ID? ;D

    That all got moved out for the most part and now I just have my HP EliteDesk 705 SFF desktop running W10 for my personal and ham radio
    usage with the BBS on the floor.

    Can you use shelves in there? At work...we sell metal/plastic shelves. That would solve the issue with the desktop weight.

    What I really like about ArcaOS is that I can print to my HP OfficeJet 4630 printer without many problems.

    That's a major benefit with only needing to set up the dpi to print.

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