Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-06-02, 23:04

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I'm "Meh" about considering anything regarding archive.org given their current legal issues. They may not be around too much longer. Which would be the greatest tragedy the Internet has suffered to date, but by their own hand (which honestly really pisses me off)

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-05-23, 20:09

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Even Google "I eat memory for every meal" Chrome and FireFox do the same thing. Yes, unfortunately, they all respect the cursor hijacking. The only workaround is to use a client-side script mentioned here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=847230#p847230 Except for that, our only hope is that …

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Re: Replicas of Covox Speech Thing, FTL Sound Adapter and SiliconSoft SoundJr

Posted on 2020-05-23, 19:53

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Thanks for the update, Benedikt.

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-05-23, 00:27

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With my eyesight, I cannot see the pointer very well at all. The site hijacks the cursor. This is a well known issue. I, and several other people, have made the administration here aware that this is a severe barrier to accessibility, as I also have ocular issues that prevent me from using a …

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-05-17, 20:18

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I think that's an interesting way to deal with it. Can that be done? Make signatures past a certain size optionally expandable?

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-05-16, 23:05

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I think Appiah4 makes a strong point. Every forum I have been a member of has had explicit signature image number, height, and size.

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-05-13, 19:16

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Dominus wrote on 2020-05-13, 15:56: I'm sure there are solutions, you just need to google them. He does make an excellent point though about a site having certain inherent functionality that has become an expected standard of forum software.

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-05-12, 23:20

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I'm amazed that someone thought that SS himself was offering to troubleshoot issues with the drivers themselves, and not the site. No one person has that kind of time on their hands given how many drivers are on that site and how many downloads occur.

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Re: IBM 486SLC/2 Mega Thread (was Weird idea: 83mhz overdrive for 386 sx.)

Posted on 2020-05-10, 21:23

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It's because it doesn't have support for Cyrix/TI's implementation of A20M#, Address Bit 20 Mask. It's not part of the typical pin out of a 386SX, as such, the pin on the SXLC-40 that would assert A20M# is likely not connected (N/C). If you have a scope, you can easily check it, but even a simple …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-05-10, 19:43

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Chips & Technologies - 655XX Series Video Drivers - Windows 3.1x - V.3.23 This was the last version they released. Does work with the 65530 VGA Flat Panel chipset.

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-05-10, 19:36

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I completely support the current approach taken to the VOGONS Driver Library by SquallStrife.

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Re: Cyrix appreciation thread

Posted on 2020-05-10, 04:40

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I've run into a interesting Cyrix conundrum recently, but with regards to coprocessors. Cyrix created a coprocessor that was intended to be used with their 486SLC CPU's, the SLC87. It was offered in a PLCC-68 package just like their Intel 387SX and 387SL counterparts, and numerous other 387 plug-in …

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-05-01, 15:22

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As was said above, by Daniël Oosterhuis, it is a single line of code. I trust his assessment. I doubt a single line of code commented out would caused the entire site to implode, and if it does, then I can quite rather confidently say it was not built correctly to start with. No site should be so …

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-04-30, 22:56

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DosFreak wrote on 2020-04-30, 22:51: Fine, I'll bite once again but it will be the last time. […] Show full quote Fine, I'll bite once again but it will be the last time. Paralel, That's the joke. ... Hence, my thanks.

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-04-30, 19:09

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I'm sure if you are patient this travesty will be remediated, until then a great many lives will be lost. Something easy to an end user is usually not. As you all know melodramatics are not liked on this forum so go to reddit, etc for those. Thank you for providing such a crisp and clean example of …

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-04-30, 16:41

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Another reason for someone to stop the cursor change is to get back the text-selection cursor, which is also decided that we shouldn't have. Agreed. This is a standard feature people expect. Sat down and went through some Google searches, and I finally figured out how to disable it with Stylish. As …

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-04-29, 17:41

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It was discovered just recently that some browser configurations are not impacted by the hijacking. It's thought to be just a glitch on the browsers part.

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-04-29, 17:09

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For those of us that need the "Extra Large" cursor for accessibility reasons, it is quite a substantial difference. https://i.imgur.com/BrCJbEz.png The difference is even greater when scaling is needed which makes the cursor even larger, but which is also ignored by this site. The issue with the " …

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-04-27, 22:01

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Fair enough. Agree to disagree regarding said individuals motivations. I appreciate your balanced response. I find most mods in most places aren't quite so reasonable. *tips his hat*

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-04-27, 20:45

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I agree that it is bad form to hijack the cursor, IMO. But you are blowing this completely out of proportion and using people with disabilities as scapegoats for your own agenda. Handling the cursor IS on Snover's list. So please back off and calm down. Pushing the button again and again won't make …

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