Subj : Re: Arca DOS video issue
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Don Lowery
Date : Thu Jul 23 2020 11:05 am

 SD>  DL> mode setting in the Autoexec.bat does work for me. Have a feeling tha
 SD>  DL> if you or someone else tried this...may not work...especially with th
 SD>  DL> bare metal setup I have with 1 of these used retail Lenovo units.
 SD> 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.

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

 SD> I currently have my entire ham radio shack and the BBS in a little tiny
 SD> 8x8' room in a shed here on the property.  At one time, I had 10
 SD> 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

 SD> That all got moved out for the most part and now I just have my HP
 SD> EliteDesk 705 SFF desktop running W10 for my personal and ham radio
 SD> 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.

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

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

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