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Originally Posted by PeterT
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There is also eComStation, which I think is actually a Dutch (or partially Dutch) company.
I wonder how they are maintaining OS/2 to run on current-day hardware. I see mentionings of CUPS, and RPM packages. Are they running a Linux kernel inside or on top of OS/2, to run Unix/Linux software and control hardware for which there are no current drivers? Are they running the old OS/2 or even only the OS/2 kernel virtualized, within Linux (which would be my choice)?
I can't imagine these companies writing drivers for a plethora of hardware.
If I had to support an OS/2 application or two from the 90's, I'd run the latest version of OS/2 Warp or Warp Server from 1996, with all the fixpacks, within a virtual machine on top of a Linux box. The virtual machine would only have access to the network, but not to the internet.