Re: Android

Posted on 2022-02-13, 12:47

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by JanTwo

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On my best notebook, a Dell E5400, i managed to run Droid4X 0.10.6, a light-weighted GUI for Virtual Box 4.3.12 that needs no GPU and should emulate Android 4.2. After ages of loading, there appears some android-style desktop. When trying to start a small (<2MB) apk, it counts to 99% - and that was …

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Android

Posted on 2022-02-12, 18:07

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by JanTwo

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Hello again! Is it worthy to try android emulators on old OSs? Which one? Max API? Minimal sys specs? I'm asking, because i'd love to have Maps.me on Xp. Thanks for your comments!

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Re: Can a blackout cause a headcrash?

Posted on 2022-01-14, 08:48

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by JanTwo

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Zup wrote on 2022-01-14, 06:27: ... depleted CR2032 battery. This caused boot problems... Thanks, the CMOS battery is fresh. I shall run the computer without main battery until i get replacement ...

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Re: Can a blackout cause a headcrash?

Posted on 2022-01-14, 08:43

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by JanTwo

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Good news! Now i can force the computer to generate more bad sectors: When trying to boot while the flat battery is charging, i get the Windows splash-screen, a min later it stops and i see the bluescreen = not enaugh voltage or Watt. When booting with full or removed battery, everything works. …

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Re: Can a blackout cause a headcrash?

Posted on 2022-01-13, 18:59

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by JanTwo

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darry wrote on 2022-01-13, 18:42: EDIT : @Trash Panda Do you know when that kind of capacitor-backed mechanism might have become commonplace on consumer drives ? I know that my first "notebook", a 386SX20 40MB HD already had a "parking function". They advertised that (around 1992?)

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Can a blackout cause a headcrash?

Posted on 2022-01-13, 18:23

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by JanTwo

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Hello everybody! Recently we've had a blackout. My Fujitsu V6535 (buildt 2009) has a shtty battery (100 to 0% in 10 secs), so it was powered-off a little rude. There was no thunderstorm, excess voltage or whatsoever - it just went off like a desktop PC when pulling the plug. Weeks later chkdsk found …

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Re: MyPal is dead

Posted on 2022-01-13, 15:29

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by JanTwo

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Long time no hear... I forgot to deliver an update for this thread. After 3 months surfing here and there i can confirm: NO ISSUES with NM28, works like a good browser on a modern OS (should). Ah, and: Happy 2022!

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Re: Browsers, XP, Linux, Mint, everything

Posted on 2021-11-09, 19:21

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by JanTwo

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Caluser2000 wrote on 2021-11-09, 18:32: Totally predictable outcome. Most here know this before the thread got post the first page. Ya like what ya like. Predictable or not - before i was unhappy with my system, now everything is fine. What more could i want? Kind regards

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Re: Browsers, XP, Linux, Mint, everything

Posted on 2021-11-09, 15:17

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by JanTwo

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Hello Vogons, at last i'm through with all the recommended XP-Browsers In brief: NewMoon28 is top, NO issues at all. IMPORTANT: For streaming make sure to set UA to Firefox compatibility. The only plugin i use is ublock. In lenght: Like MyPal, FFox has become unusable on ebay (doesn't show my ads …

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Re: Browsers, XP, Linux, Mint, everything

Posted on 2021-10-24, 13:30

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by JanTwo

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Ok, perhaps I jumped to a conclusion too hastily. But it seems unlikely to me why you wouldn't want to expand the memory on your computer. You can bought DDR2 memory very cheep these days. Here in Poland you can buy 2x2GB DDR2 SO-DIMM for the equivalent of ~15 euros. I didn't mean to offend you. …

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Re: Browsers, XP, Linux, Mint, everything

Posted on 2021-10-24, 07:03

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by JanTwo

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@zyga64: Thank you for the flowers, but no, not trolling at all. I've spent *entire* saturday with serious Linux-tinkering, shrinking a partition, setting up Mint, finding out why grub was complaining, how to rebuild my windows mbr, doing this in a loop several times. Plus the cleanup. Not to say of …

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Re: Browsers, XP, Linux, Mint, everything

Posted on 2021-10-23, 17:31

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by JanTwo

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Hello everybody and thanks for the comments! My line of reasoning re. Linux was: Old OS (XP) = shtty old browser - new OS (Linux) = gd modern browser. ("a man can dream") All in all there are 3 options - i think: a) Upgrade to Win 7 plus 2 or 3 GB --- No, i'll stick to XP, it's fast - and 7 is not ( …

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Re: Browsers, XP, Linux, Mint, everything

Posted on 2021-10-22, 19:44

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by JanTwo

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Hello zyga64, and thanks for your reply. I've got plenty of RAM, always. I'm not on youtube, facebook etc., so i never ever have low memory when surfing. FreeRAMXP tells me: When idle = 750 MB, when on a "heavy" page (ebay-kleinanzeigen.de) = 500 MB RAM (not swap) left, but CPU often at 100%. What …

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Browsers, XP, Linux, Mint, everything

Posted on 2021-10-22, 19:18

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by JanTwo

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Hello again! A question from a linux rookie: I'm using a Fujitsu Esprimo Mobile V6535 (buildt 2009), 1GB, XP. It's my everyday computer, not a toy. XP is perfect for my needs, except for www. Online i'm using FF, NewMoon, Serpent and MyPal alternating, for none of them does everything i want - resp. …

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Re: MyPal is dead

Posted on 2021-10-07, 05:34

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by JanTwo

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Maybe you'll have better luck with this build ? https://msfn.org/board/topic/182993-360-extreme-explorer-arcticfoxie-versions/ Yes, 360ChromePortable_11.0.2031_rebuild_4_ungoogled_XP_x86_SP2.zip runs. @soggi: I've tried ... basilisk55-win32-git-20210911-e0dae4deb-xpmod.7z and palemoon-28.10.4a1. …

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Re: MyPal is dead

Posted on 2021-10-06, 15:08

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by JanTwo

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Dominus wrote on 2021-10-06, 15:00: https://www.mypal-browser.org/download.html ? Oh, good, i never knew this site, used GitHub instead for years!

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Re: MyPal is dead

Posted on 2021-10-06, 14:58

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by JanTwo

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BUT you can still download and install mypal, right? So all's good, a dead browser for a dead OS :) 1. No, binaries are gone for some licensing trouble with the PaleMoon people. 2. Dead browser, dead OS ... like Vogons? I thought everything here is for dead stuff, that's why i'm here. Apart from my …

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MyPal is dead

Posted on 2021-10-06, 12:20

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by JanTwo

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https://github.com/Feodor2/Mypal R.I.P. ... What now? Is there ANY other good (not crashing, cert-error-free, ublock-compatible) browser for XP but FF 52.9esr ?

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Re: Streaming on XP

Posted on 2021-07-31, 15:14

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by JanTwo

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OMG! Great! I unpacked palemoon-28.10.4a1.win32-git-20210731-61f3c7277-uxp-620374316-xpmod.7z ... entered the TV-link and ... it worked instantaneous! Thank you very much! P.S: I tried MyPal, a fork of palemoon, it didn't work.. Funny: The sound is strangely disorted, the news-lady sounded somehow …

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Streaming on XP

Posted on 2021-07-31, 14:10

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by JanTwo

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Hello everybody! This is my first posting and my poor english comes directly from a dictionary, so please be lenient... My concern: I'm using XPSP3 + Firefox 52.9 for streaming. Until recently https://www.zdf.de/live-tv (indispensable for soccer) worked fine. Now i get the error "no format supported …

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