There is VMware, which runs another OS inside of Linux though akind of
auto-magically emulation tricks, it might be able to boot an OS/2 session
inside of Linux. The graphics would suck and it eats your resources away
faster than anything, but it might be able to get OS/2 up long enough to get
your documents converted to standard ASCII or Star Office format. IIRC it
is http://www.vmware.com
As for your ISP, call them up and ask them if they support a "standard PPP
connection", if they say "Yes", get them to release some information, what
you will need to get a dialin working under Linux is
primary DNS, both IP and hostname
secondary DNS, both IP and hostname
gateway, both IP and hostname
dialin numbers, including area code
username and password
and if they assign a static or dynamic IP address (if static, get the
hostname and IP of the static IP that they assign to you)
Write this information down, hope up into KDE and mess around with KPPP and
see if you can get it up that way, should only take 10-15 minutes if you got
all the correct information, or the second (but not by far the last) way you
could get it up, is print the Linux PPP, Linux-Modem, and a couple other
docs from http://www.linuxdoc.org, sit down with a beer and read, then read
them again till it makes sense. I also think there is a GNOME GUI dialer
that could be used. Also check http://www.freshmeat.com and check under
both Console/X11/KDE/Gnome under the catergory "dialers".
Any problems or questions? Shoot one of to the list, someone here should be
able to help you.
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: Sascha Graeber
"Paul W. Abrahams" wrote:
What are you using in OS/2 for which there isn't a better version
available under Linux?
basically it comes down to 2 things: 1. My connection to the IBM Global
Network which I haven't be successful to establish under Linux yet
and 2. AmiPro which I used for all my wordprocessing since 1994. That is a bunch of documents :-) cheers - sasa
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