On 1 Jan 2019 15:56:46 GMT, John Varela wrote:

:>On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 11:18:02 UTC, "Mat Nieuwenhoven"
:><mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl> wrote:
:>
:>> On 17 Dec 2018 22:57:32 GMT, John Varela wrote:
:>>
:>> :>Crossposted to comp.os.os2.ecomstation.
:>> :>
:>> :>On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:39:23 UTC, Lewis
:>> :><g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
:>> :>
:>> :>> In message <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-7XObdNfqWWs8@localhost> John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
:>> :>> > On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:23:23 UTC, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>
:>> :>> > wrote:
:>> :>>
:>> :>> >> -------Begin Encoded File-------
:>> :>> >> Encoded filename:
:>> :>> >> Decoded path: file:///C:\pronews\DECODED\~93
:>> :>> >> Encoding type: Base 64
:>> :>> >> File size: 1KB
:>> :>> >> --------End Encoded File--------
:>> :>> >
:>> :>> > This is how your posts appear in my newsreader.
:>> :>>
:>> :>> Your newsreader is broken. You should run something from this decade.
:>> :>
:>> :>You have something against OS/2?
:>> :>
:>> :>
:>> :>If you can point me to a native Mac newsreader that is as good *for
:>> :>my purposes* as ProNews/2, I will happily move to it. I've checked
:>> :>a bunch of Mac newsreaders and have found none anywhere near as good
:>> :>*for the way I work* as ProNews/2.
:>> :>
:>> :>I am willing to put up with the problems with OS/2 in a Parallels
:>> :>VM, the principal ones being that it can't share clipboards with the
:>> :>Mac and I haven't updated to anywhere near a current version of
:>> :>Firefox, though I guess I could if I cared enough to go to the
:>> :>trouble.
:>>
:>> I second your though that some OS/2 applications are for my purposes
:>> better than anything I found so far (mostly Linux).
:>> For the shared clipboard problem, have you tried VirtualBox for OSx?
:>
:>No. That one is new to me. I'll have to try it. I still have my
:>ECS 2.0 install CDs and backups of my old ECS native installation
:>including apps. I even have a CD reader, which is kind of key since
:>my new Mac didn't come with one.

(removed alt.usage.english)
Vbox supports virtual disks from several other platforms, such as
VMware. Maybe it supports Parallel's too, take a look at their website.
If not supported directly, there are also conversions from one format
into another. If that works, you don't need to reinstall eCS (which I
use as well). Vbox is free for non-commmercial use, it is now from
Oracle. I have used it quite a lot. To run OS/2 in a Vbox
VirtualMachine requires that the host CPU has support for
virtualization (and that it is switched on).

Mat Nieuwenhoven

On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 09:23:17 UTC, "Mat Nieuwenhoven"
<mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl> wrote:

> On 1 Jan 2019 15:56:46 GMT, John Varela wrote:
>
> :>On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 11:18:02 UTC, "Mat Nieuwenhoven"
> :><mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl> wrote:
> :>
> :>> On 17 Dec 2018 22:57:32 GMT, John Varela wrote:
> :>>
> :>> :>Crossposted to comp.os.os2.ecomstation.
> :>> :>
> :>> :>On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:39:23 UTC, Lewis
> :>> :><g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> :>> :>
> :>> :>> In message <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-7XObdNfqWWs8@localhost> John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
> :>> :>> > On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:23:23 UTC, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>
> :>> :>> > wrote:
> :>> :>>
> :>> :>> >> -------Begin Encoded File-------
> :>> :>> >> Encoded filename:
> :>> :>> >> Decoded path: file:///C:\pronews\DECODED\~93
> :>> :>> >> Encoding type: Base 64
> :>> :>> >> File size: 1KB
> :>> :>> >> --------End Encoded File--------
> :>> :>> >
> :>> :>> > This is how your posts appear in my newsreader.
> :>> :>>
> :>> :>> Your newsreader is broken. You should run something from this decade.
> :>> :>
> :>> :>You have something against OS/2?
> :>> :>
> :>> :>
> :>> :>If you can point me to a native Mac newsreader that is as good *for
> :>> :>my purposes* as ProNews/2, I will happily move to it. I've checked
> :>> :>a bunch of Mac newsreaders and have found none anywhere near as good
> :>> :>*for the way I work* as ProNews/2.
> :>> :>
> :>> :>I am willing to put up with the problems with OS/2 in a Parallels
> :>> :>VM, the principal ones being that it can't share clipboards with the
> :>> :>Mac and I haven't updated to anywhere near a current version of
> :>> :>Firefox, though I guess I could if I cared enough to go to the
> :>> :>trouble.
> :>>
> :>> I second your though that some OS/2 applications are for my purposes
> :>> better than anything I found so far (mostly Linux).
> :>> For the shared clipboard problem, have you tried VirtualBox for OSx?
> :>
> :>No. That one is new to me. I'll have to try it. I still have my
> :>ECS 2.0 install CDs and backups of my old ECS native installation
> :>including apps. I even have a CD reader, which is kind of key since
> :>my new Mac didn't come with one.
>
> (removed alt.usage.english)

FYI I read your above and replied to it on alt.usage.english. As it
happens I still subscribe to c.o.o.e even though there is hardly any
traffic. Otherwise, I would have missed yours below. (When I
opened c.o.o.e, ProNews had marked your post as read, because I had
already opened it in a.u.e.)

> Vbox supports virtual disks from several other platforms, such as
> VMware. Maybe it supports Parallel's too, take a look at their website.
> If not supported directly, there are also conversions from one format
> into another. If that works, you don't need to reinstall eCS (which I
> use as well). Vbox is free for non-commmercial use, it is now from
> Oracle. I have used it quite a lot. To run OS/2 in a Vbox
> VirtualMachine requires that the host CPU has support for
> virtualization (and that it is switched on).

Would you happen to know if a Mac with a 3.8 GHz Intel Core i5 would
have that capability and, if so, how to switch it on?

--
John Varela

On 2 Jan 2019 21:09:41 GMT, John Varela wrote:

:>On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 09:23:17 UTC, "Mat Nieuwenhoven"
:><mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl> wrote:
:>
:>> On 1 Jan 2019 15:56:46 GMT, John Varela wrote:
:>>
:>> :>On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 11:18:02 UTC, "Mat Nieuwenhoven"
:>> :><mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl> wrote:
:>> :>
:>> :>> On 17 Dec 2018 22:57:32 GMT, John Varela wrote:
:>> :>>
:>> :>> :>Crossposted to comp.os.os2.ecomstation.
:>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:39:23 UTC, Lewis
:>> :>> :><g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
:>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>> In message <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-7XObdNfqWWs8@localhost> John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
:>> :>> :>> > On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:23:23 UTC, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>
:>> :>> :>> > wrote:
:>> :>> :>>
:>> :>> :>> >> -------Begin Encoded File-------
:>> :>> :>> >> Encoded filename:
:>> :>> :>> >> Decoded path: file:///C:\pronews\DECODED\~93
:>> :>> :>> >> Encoding type: Base 64
:>> :>> :>> >> File size: 1KB
:>> :>> :>> >> --------End Encoded File--------
:>> :>> :>> >
:>> :>> :>> > This is how your posts appear in my newsreader.
:>> :>> :>>
:>> :>> :>> Your newsreader is broken. You should run something from this decade.
:>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>You have something against OS/2?
:>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>If you can point me to a native Mac newsreader that is as good *for
:>> :>> :>my purposes* as ProNews/2, I will happily move to it. I've checked
:>> :>> :>a bunch of Mac newsreaders and have found none anywhere near as good
:>> :>> :>*for the way I work* as ProNews/2.
:>> :>> :>
:>> :>> :>I am willing to put up with the problems with OS/2 in a Parallels
:>> :>> :>VM, the principal ones being that it can't share clipboards with the
:>> :>> :>Mac and I haven't updated to anywhere near a current version of
:>> :>> :>Firefox, though I guess I could if I cared enough to go to the
:>> :>> :>trouble.
:>> :>>
:>> :>> I second your though that some OS/2 applications are for my purposes
:>> :>> better than anything I found so far (mostly Linux).
:>> :>> For the shared clipboard problem, have you tried VirtualBox for OSx?
:>> :>
:>> :>No. That one is new to me. I'll have to try it. I still have my
:>> :>ECS 2.0 install CDs and backups of my old ECS native installation
:>> :>including apps. I even have a CD reader, which is kind of key since
:>> :>my new Mac didn't come with one.
:>>
:>> (removed alt.usage.english)
:>
:>FYI I read your above and replied to it on alt.usage.english. As it
:>happens I still subscribe to c.o.o.e even though there is hardly any
:>traffic. Otherwise, I would have missed yours below. (When I
:>opened c.o.o.e, ProNews had marked your post as read, because I had
:>already opened it in a.u.e.)

Sorry about that, but I did not want to clutter a.u.e .

:>> Vbox supports virtual disks from several other platforms, such as
:>> VMware. Maybe it supports Parallel's too, take a look at their website.
:>> If not supported directly, there are also conversions from one format
:>> into another. If that works, you don't need to reinstall eCS (which I
:>> use as well). Vbox is free for non-commmercial use, it is now from
:>> Oracle. I have used it quite a lot. To run OS/2 in a Vbox
:>> VirtualMachine requires that the host CPU has support for
:>> virtualization (and that it is switched on).
:>
:>Would you happen to know if a Mac with a 3.8 GHz Intel Core i5 would
:>have that capability and, if so, how to switch it on?

The CPU must support it, if you know the exact processor type it will
be somewhere at least in the intel site, but just googling for it might
be faster.
If the CPU supports it, the bios/OS must support it too. I know very
little about mac configs, I'm afraid.
If you're using Parallels now, doesn't it have a monitor that will tell
you?
Else just google with the exact mac model and "virtualisation".

Mat Nieuwenhoven