Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-08-13, 04:26

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Just played Spycraft: The Great Game and completed the missions perfectly. The "Me" of 2019 finished it in two days, quicker than the "Me" of 1996/97, I think I took weeks if my memory serves me right. Too bad the game didn't have subtitles, like Indy (Atlantis), Full Throttle and Sam & Max had. For …

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Re: Modern laptops vs. more traditional designs

Posted on 2019-08-11, 23:03

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Not really a laptop user, but if I were I would never want an optical drive in it. That's a lot of space that could be used for more battery. Almost every laptop I've owned with a DVD drive, I've replaced the drive with a SATA caddy. SSD + HDD <3 I did it to my 2010 MBP and so did my dad too with …

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Re: DOSBox-X branch

Posted on 2019-08-11, 01:33

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OK, now I am going to play a DOS version of Spycraft: The Great Game... The game requires swapping between 3 CDs (something I have worked out how to do in DOSBox, so moving to the next question) How do I make DOSBox ask me if I want to load the disk images before starting the boot process? I mean, …

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Re: DOSBox-X branch

Posted on 2019-08-11, 01:13

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OK, now I am going to play a DOS version of Spycraft: The Great Game... The game requires swapping between 3 CDs (something I have worked out how to do in DOSBox, so moving to the next question) How do I make DOSBox ask me if I want to load the disk images before starting the boot process? I mean, …

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Re: Modern laptops vs. more traditional designs

Posted on 2019-08-10, 15:49

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Keenmaster, I agree with everything you wrote, but I'll add one more thing to that list: laptop ergonomics suck You have to bend your neck or arch your back to look at the screen and type. They are terrible for your posture. I only use my MBP for browsing while sitting on the sofa. Even then it …

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Re: Modern laptops vs. more traditional designs

Posted on 2019-08-10, 01:19

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NO ! ... I like the original iPad just the way it is. I don’t want an iPad Pro. I don’t want a USB port or any port. A closed systems, tamper resistant iPad is what you want. Simple and just what you need. If it does not work with the iPad then you don’t want to anyways. Laptops and PC’s are too …

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Re: Logging into Gmail with old mail clients

Posted on 2019-08-09, 02:36

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For those who want to try browsing with IE 4.0 / 5.0... https://medium.com/@snoffeecob/bringing-inter … 19-84d030b75643

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Re: Modern laptops vs. more traditional designs

Posted on 2019-08-08, 13:02

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Laptops are DEAD ! And Idea of the 1990’s My iPad can do just about everything a PC can do, The Microsoft Windows-10 tablet interface is TERRIBLE. It is NOT applicable for touch screen with your fingers. I don’t even use laptops anymore. I just use my iPad. I find it a real pain to use an MS- …

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Re: Modern laptops vs. more traditional designs

Posted on 2019-08-08, 05:24

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I’ve spent a few months with a 14” Dell G7 Hackintosh dual booting macOS/W10. Before I had a 11” 2014 MacBook Air. I loved my Air, but I needed something a bit more powerful. Months later, I regretted it immensely. The Dell not only is heavy and bulky, its also harder to mantain. I sold it and got a …

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Re: Logging into Gmail with old mail clients

Posted on 2019-08-07, 13:54

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wait that's amazing, checking your GMail in Windows 3.11?! What I did works for Gmail as long as you check "allow less secure apps" on. For office365 emails I am not sure, I tried but for some reason it did not work to send, only receive. Same for Yahoo. I created a new gmail account for that just …

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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.1 - I cant set up EMS

Posted on 2019-08-06, 04:25

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I downloaded the CD version of this game (5.1) from winworldpc. The install fails, probably because I just copied the CD contents to the drive to try it. I was too lazy to change my conf file just to load the CDROM. Do I need it every time I want to play the game? Jesus... Edit by Dominus: locked …

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Re: Retro machines usefulness/connectivity thread

Posted on 2019-08-06, 02:52

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How about a way to watch modern video codecs? I mean, how hard it can be to make Win 3.x video apps capable of playing some of the videos we have actually (like the ones supported by Youtube? So we could download and watch locally).

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-08-06, 02:49

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Just set up a stunnel conf on my macOS to be able to connect Outlook Express 5.0 (DOSBox, WFWG3.11) to Gmail. Works flawlessly. I can imagine that the only working messaging app at the moment for really old OS like Win 3.x is mIRC? Doesn't quite help a lot...

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Re: Logging into Gmail with old mail clients

Posted on 2019-08-05, 04:39

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@keenmaster486 : I finally figured out how to configure stunnel on macOS to help OE5.0 on WFWG3.11 (DOSBox) to connect to GMAIL! It's super simple. Ignore my previous post. Here are the details: 1. Install stunnel (I used homebrew's stunnel, so "brew install stunnel"); 2. Once installed, go to /usr/ …

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Re: Logging into Gmail with old mail clients

Posted on 2019-08-04, 04:38

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There needs to be a way to use another computer as a "middleman". Web Render Proxy is a major step in that direction. But here's what it needs to be complete: Acts as a standard HTTP or proxy server HTML translator: translates modern web pages into old school HTML-only pages Web Render Proxy …

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Re: Logging into Gmail with old mail clients

Posted on 2019-08-04, 03:14

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I'm trying to configure a stunnel on my macOS for use with DOSBox + WFWG311 + OE5. I am almost there, I am hitting a wall, something in my stunnel.conf might be incorrect. OE can find my host and try to secure a connection, but fails to do so. I have even created a certificate for stunnel so I dunno …

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Re: Logging into Gmail with old mail clients

Posted on 2019-08-04, 01:08

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WRP 4.3 improved massively - I managed to run a compiled binary on macOS and use it on a DOSBOX with WFWG 3.11 and IE5. https://github.com/tenox7/wrp/releases/ Logged into gmail - well, sorta - but it really needs to find a way to magically turn form controls usable (inputs, textareas...). It's a …

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Re: DOSBox-X branch

Posted on 2019-08-03, 21:17

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I have a small issue, not DOSBox-X related, but I believe someone here can help. When I try to run SimCity 2000 from DOS, "C:\Games\SC2000\SC2000.exe" I get this message: "Critical Error, Microsoft compatable mouse not found. Please load mouse driver" Any ideas, please? Tks in advance. Should not …

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Re: DOSBox-X branch

Posted on 2019-08-03, 19:38

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I have a small issue, not DOSBox-X related, but I believe someone here can help. When I try to run SimCity 2000 from DOS, "C:\Games\SC2000\SC2000.exe" I get this message: "Critical Error, Microsoft compatable mouse not found. Please load mouse driver" Any ideas, please? Tks in advance.

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2019-08-03, 01:37

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I just watched a Netflix documentary, “The Great Hack”. I am now officially scared.

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