IRC clients for old systems

Posted on 2021-02-24, 19:16

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Let's talk about IRC clients. Which ones do you prefer? I usually use: DOS: --IRCjr from mTCP Windows 3.1: --mIRC Windows 9x: --mIRC --Have tried ChatZilla from the RetroZilla package, but is slow I haven't really dived into the world of IRC clients. I've set up a few servers for my own amusement, …

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Re: WebOne - proxy for old browsers to make them Web 2.0-capable

Posted on 2021-02-24, 18:31

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I figured it out. Something was going wrong with IPv6 on my server. I'm not sure why. Disabled IPv6 and now it works fine. Will need to investigate this further.

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Re: WebOne - proxy for old browsers to make them Web 2.0-capable

Posted on 2021-02-23, 18:16

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That package installed just fine! It's running as a daemon now. However, it doesn't seem to be working for me now for some reason. It hangs when trying to load any website and times out internally. If I wait long enough I get a WebOne error page saying "timed out". The log reflects the same. Not …

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Re: WebOne - proxy for old browsers to make them Web 2.0-capable

Posted on 2021-02-22, 02:04

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Hi ATauenis, I keep getting this error while attempting to upgrade to the latest version of WebOne on Linux (I was on 0.10.2 before): Preparing to unpack ./WebOne.0.10.5.linux-x64.deb ... : not foundkg/info/webone.prerm: 2: Invalid unit name "webone " escaped as "webone\x0d" (maybe you should use …

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Re: What made you join VOGONS?

Posted on 2021-02-21, 23:11

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Always been a tinkering type of guy, and had a lot of old hardware I played around with when I was a kid. Lurked for several years before making an account and posting finally

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Re: WebOne - proxy for old browsers to make them Web 2.0-capable

Posted on 2021-02-02, 20:40

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That's my experience as well. If it's just a bug with IE 3 then I suppose I'll have to deal with it, but I would like to conjure up a test without using WebOne to isolate if it is indeed an IE bug

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Re: If we were to accept 15 years ago as retro....

Posted on 2021-02-02, 14:08

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To me, if it's 64-bit and multi-core, it's not retro. Just old.

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Re: WebOne - proxy for old browsers to make them Web 2.0-capable

Posted on 2021-01-28, 21:23

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Give it a shot and see if you can replicate it. I haven't seen this, so this is a very strange bug. Do you're using a virtual machine or real PC? I've seen similar with Virtual PC 2007 and Netscape 4.51 when the proxy is running on the host OS, but if I run the proxy on another real machine, …

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Re: Retro machines usefulness/connectivity thread

Posted on 2021-01-27, 22:12

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Hi ssshake, glad you're still working on oldnet! wiby.me is also a search engine that works on old browsers

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Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98

Posted on 2021-01-25, 18:12

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Maybe try cold boot with no HIMEM at all

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Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98

Posted on 2021-01-25, 17:20

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If all else fails, reseat and/or replace your RAM.

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Re: Dos Trouble

Posted on 2021-01-20, 20:01

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ThunderPhoenix wrote on 2021-01-20, 07:15: It's what I am naming my file that has Quake That's a nonsensical statement. Is that a directory (folder)? There is no such thing as a "file that has Quake"

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Re: Dos Trouble

Posted on 2021-01-20, 07:09

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Clearly c:\DOSgames does not exist

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Re: No gameport on IBM thinkpad 770

Posted on 2021-01-19, 03:33

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There is no gameport on the 770 outside of the dock, so you could get a dock if you really wanted to. Yes, those PCMCIA gameport cards exist, and yes they are near impossible to find. One option is to run Windows 98 and use a USB gameport adapter, but that's fake, and not DOS. Your options are …

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Re: Do you keep your retro rigs offline?

Posted on 2021-01-18, 20:04

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XP is a little bit of a gray area, unlike 3.1 - 98 which I primarily use. But it is increasingly fine, as nothing is written for 32-bit any more.

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Re: Do you keep your retro rigs offline?

Posted on 2021-01-18, 18:33

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All of my retro rigs are online as much as possible. You would be surprised the utility you can get out of mTCP, Links, Arachne, etc. in DOS, and various old internet programs with proxies in Windows No, you won't get malware. That's a myth. Just don't download anything shady. Nobody cares about old …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-12-30, 20:17

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Thinkpad 38x (all models) have NeoMagic and jerky scaling. Just something to be aware of.

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Re: A new mTCP is available! (version 2020-01-01)

Posted on 2020-12-30, 17:17

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Everything outside your retro-whitebox is "outside world" for it. You are not going to get your 386 to browse SSL encrypted HTTPS websites either... Too bad, nothing to do about that. Never say never. There is always a way to do something. Two ways to do this: A proxy such as WebOne Up-to-date …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-12-30, 17:16

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Epic Pinball does not use OPL3 music, though.

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-12-29, 18:58

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Do you remember off the top of your head some game music which fits this description, and can be used as a "gold standard" test suite? I don't play any games that have this type of complicated OPL3 music, although you might try Descent. What I use for testing is Adlib Tracker II. It comes with a …

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