Hi...
A couple of observations:
ArcaOS 5.1.2 VM running under VirtualBox on openSuSE. I have a need for DOS sessions in this VM. VBox additions installed during the ArcaOS install.
pmhook.dll 0.0.1 2026-07-21
vncserver.exe 2.0.0 2026-08-07
- DOS sessions receive/return proper input (not doubled).
- Cursor control at the command line (DOS, CMD, 4OS2) is problematic. That is, I do not get screen updates when moving the cursor back and forth across a typed command line. Backspace works as expected, and typing characters works, but moving the cursor is purely guesswork, as I do not see it move (yet if I press <- four times and start typing, the session window updates, my new characters are shown, and the cursor moves along with them).
- Opening Lucide to display a PDF, screen updates are very slow in the Lucide window. That is to say, paging through a PDF takes a long time. If I move a DOS window (or other windowed session) into the foreground, moving the window leaves artifacts on top of the displayed document page in Lucide. The slow screen updates here get even worse in shared sessions. Test case: I had my niece use TightVNC under OpenSuSE while I used the VNC Viewer under a different ArcaOS system. We were both connected via VPN, and the Lucide screen updates seemed twice as slow (terribly slow for both of us).
- Closing windowed sessions (DOS, CMD, 4OS2) seems to take a long time. I am almost positive what I am seeing is an artifact of the closing window, and that it actually closes quickly, as expected.
- Screen updates within a Program Manager window are also quite slow, as is resizing the Program Manager window itself. The updates are slightly more responsive when the "Separate Session" option is selected for the Win-OS/2 session, but still not as responsive as native PM windows on the desktop.
HTH, my friend, and thanks so much for your continued work and dedication to this much-needed tool.
