The last in my "miniseries" booting '90s operating systems on diskless Tandy computers over a network, in this video I'll boot OS/2 Warp Connect version 3.0 on my Tandy 2500 SX/25 from a server running OS/2 Warp Server 4 Advanced Edition. I'll boot PC-DOC 7.0 on the diskless Tandy 2500, again with Warp Server 4 serving up the OS. This time around, the server is running on my Tandy Multimedia PC Model 20. I walk through every step of configuring the OS/2 to boot OS/2 and PC-DOS clients, demonstrate clients running OS/2 and PC-DOS, and play around a little with games and network messaging.
Links:
Sixty Short Steps To Diskless OS/2 Bliss: https://github.com/TJBChris/YTReference/blob/main/howto/Sixty%20Short%20Steps%20To%20Diskless%20OS-2%20Bliss.pdf
RetroTechChris' 3C509 BootWorks ROM 2.0: https://github.com/cml37/dos-utils/tree/master/config/resources
BitSavers IBM OS/2 RPL Redbook: https://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/pc/lan/GG24-3892-0_Remote_Initial_Program_Load_for_OS_2_and_Netware_Oct92.pdf
OS/2 Warp Connect 3.0: https://winworldpc.com/product/os-2-3x/os-2-30
OS/2 Warp Server 4 Advanced: https://winworldpc.com/download/39390f44-b0c9-11ed-aca0-0200008a0da4
Music/SFX (in order):
None. Just me yapping.
Intro / Recap (0:00)
Tonight's Contenders: Computers and Operating Systems (1:02)
Project Overview / Documentation / Requirements (3:25)
Setting Up RPL Boot Services / PC-DOS Server Install (8:45)
OS/2 Warp Connect 3.0 Install To Server (22:45)
3Com EtherLink III Client NDIS Driver Install / Starting RPL Service (29:17)
Configuring OS/2 Warp Client / First OS/2 Boot (35:48)
Server: DOS Boot Image Creation (50:26)
PC-DOS Boot / Looking Around (56:21)
Outro (1:01:43)
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