Mathematica, OS/2, v2.11, SMP, VirtualBox

Mathematica on OS/2 Symmetrical Multiprocessing (SMP) for v2.11 Guest in VirtualBox 16 CPU/Cores

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Posted by on Jan 20 2023 in Technology, OS/2, cloud, Virtualization

Giving a spin to Mathematica for OS/2 - Symmetrical Multiprocessing (SMP) for v2.11 with 16 CPU/Cores in VirtualBox 7.0.6 built from source in Metztli Reiser4 / Debian Bullseye backports AMD64. TigerVNC froze multiple times after connecting to the remote headless VirtualBox instance. Accordingly, I had to use Remmina again for a decent VNC connection. Nevertheless, OS/2 v2.11 VM falls back to use the PS2 mouse hardware which causes the mouse position to drift from the real mouse pointer as it is moved in both VNC clients.

(Once the video player has started, right selecting (or 'clicking') your device (or 'mouse') will show menu option, 'Open video in new tab', which will enable larger screen size. Alternatively, the video with larger screen size may be shown in the Calli, i.e., 'Home', collection front page)

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This entry was posted by Jose and filed under Technology, OS/2, cloud, Virtualization. Tags: Mathematica, OS/2, VNC, smp, v2.11, virtualbox.

2 comments

Comment from: Ralf35 [Visitor]

Hi,
nice work. Would it be possible to get the copy of mathematica somewhere or is there a way to try it on your VM?

Best Regards, Ralf

Comment from: Jose [Member]

Niltze [Hello]!

Thank you for your comment. Regarding your first question, i.e., ‘ Would it be possible to get the copy of mathematica somewhere‘, I have no idea.

On your second question, there are still some technical issues to iron out, such as video resolutions available in VirtualBox type 2 hypervisor – where the OS/2 for SMP version 2.11 is being hosted, etc., others.

On the other hand, “we are indebted to Oracle for essentially enabling us to perceive the elusive c. 1995 OS/2 for SMP v2.11, the archetype for subsequent derivations, such as OS/2 Warp and/or Merlin v4 for SMP, OS/2 Server for eBusiness, as well as the last two third-party so-called eCommStation (eCS) and ArcaOS hacks! ‘Big Blue’ could not be more than pleased to license the orphaned OS/2 to third-parties and parasitically reap ensuing royalties without even making a minimum investment in virutalizing the OS/2 boot procedure with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) Linux virtualization technology used extensively by Red Hat – IBM’s latest acquisition!“
Tlacatecolotl: OS/2 for Symmetrical Multiprocessing(SMP) v2.11 HPFS386 on Headless VirtualBox 7.0.12

In due time, probably, we might offer a virtual machine instance on demand in the cloud and/or otherwise with the Mathematica application available.

Best Regards.

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