Re: Retro machines usefulness/connectivity thread

Posted on 2020-01-11, 04:43

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I did an experiment, I'm testing the WRP with WFW3.11. It works, I could go on VOGONS, and I've posted it using WRP. But it isn't that good. I hope Tenox can make it better and let us use the actual form fields instead of a "browser in a browser".

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Re: Why don’t PC parts work in a Mac ?

Posted on 2020-01-10, 19:20

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They do if you have the kexts/drivers for them.

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Re: List of Web Browsers For All Operating Systems

Posted on 2020-01-10, 18:26

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keenmaster486 wrote on 2019-12-30, 22:05: Logging in the way mentioned above doesn’t work for me. Just redirects back to login page. Same here, but with IE 5.01 (and Netscape 4.08) on WFW 3.11. The forum layout is garbled (it used to be look right before the update).

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Re: Why don’t PC parts work in a Mac ?

Posted on 2020-01-10, 14:22

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I switched to OS X around a year after Windows 7 came out. Mainly because I wanted to move away from Windows and have a more Linux like machine. However at that time my adventures into Linux were not fruitful and as I became invested into the Apple environment it felt natural to move there. Ever …

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

Posted on 2020-01-10, 12:45

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Good. After I leave the work today I'll join!

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

Posted on 2020-01-10, 05:43

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I have been talking to my dad to remember how we used Win 3.x in the past. We had a great conversation (as always!). He reckons we had 8mb and sometimes 16mb ram in our very first win 3.1 computer. He can’t remember the specs really. Neither can I, hence why I went for 32mb ram on DOSBox and 64 on …

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Re: Toshiba T4900CT

Posted on 2020-01-10, 05:37

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Amazing adventure. Congratulations! I have a busted Acer Extensa 710T and I hope one day I can fix it like you did with your Toshiba. The Acer was my first ever laptop and it had Win95. So far, from what I can see... your Toshiba is now factory perfect? No issues? Hows the experience now in 2020, …

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

Posted on 2020-01-09, 18:34

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You're definitely running into more trouble hahahaha

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Re: Retro machines usefulness/connectivity thread

Posted on 2020-01-09, 17:28

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You need SMB1 support in host/server for dos/win3.11 client to be able to connect. Can Mac do that? (I'm not a mac user) No, nope, nyet, nada. Just tried it again here at work. I will try and reboot after editing a few files, but seems that it won't work. Probably I have to match the macOS username …

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Re: Why don’t PC parts work in a Mac ?

Posted on 2020-01-09, 15:17

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I'll give you that point, because you're right. If there was an update to Litchie's DOSBox port to current source version, for sure the GP2 game would be much faster in a current iPad, although mine is the 2nd gen iPad Pro 12.9 inch model.

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Re: DOSBox Sound Blaster emulation (Lowpass Filtering)

Posted on 2020-01-09, 15:09

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Even if it was which I doubt is the code it uses open source? The virtualization products have never had good sound quality, features or compatibily compared to emulators mostly due to that's not what those products are intended for. I agree with you, but VMware Fusion getting SB16 emulation is not …

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Re: Why don’t PC parts work in a Mac ?

Posted on 2020-01-09, 14:52

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The NEW iPads are Fast ! Some are faster than the quad core intel MacBooks. ROFL, I have DOSBox in both, and these iPads can't barely play Grand Prix 2 without their Processor Occupancy skyrocket above 500% unless I make changes to disable certain stuff. While on a Mac, the DOSBox can play GP2 …

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Re: Why don’t PC parts work in a Mac ?

Posted on 2020-01-09, 14:43

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ARM's are not that bad and getting better. x64 is brute force, ARM still packs a punch in terms of throughput (especially considering it's power requirements ). ARM definitely has a high power consumption, I have a rPi3 and my I need to buy a new power supply instead of the one that came with it, …

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Re: DOSBox Sound Blaster emulation (Lowpass Filtering)

Posted on 2020-01-09, 14:19

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To @James-F: I'm curious to know how the recently added SB16 emulation to VMware Fusion compares to the real thing. I don't know how really it is in Windows version of VMWare Player/Workstation (these versions had it since years), since I have never used them. Is it any better than DOSBox?

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Re: Why don’t PC parts work in a Mac ?

Posted on 2020-01-09, 13:55

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There are rumours of Apple thinking about doing ARM-based Macs. While I don't know if this is entirely true, I would not like an ARM-based Mac and neither support or buy it. Leave them (ARM processors) to the tablets and smartphones, where they do really excel. I don't believe an ARM-based macbook …

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Re: Why don’t PC parts work in a Mac ?

Posted on 2020-01-09, 11:24

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Phew, that is wrong on so many levels. I'd argue the Linux ecosystem is dominating the computer industry - if you count in all the massive datacentres that make the Internet work. Apple is mainly used by creative workers, hipsters and people who don't know any better. Hollywood also uses their mac …

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

Posted on 2020-01-09, 11:20

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Caluser2000 wrote on 2020-01-09, 06:40: For me the answer was simple. mIRC wont run on a 286 😀 I actually stumbled on it by pure accident. We should definitely all get together in a mIRC channel! Which server and channel are you guys?

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Re: Retro machines usefulness/connectivity thread

Posted on 2020-01-09, 11:15

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Yeah, but I am actually trying to avoid using my rPi3 for that as a “bridge”, because I am always “on the move”, I work and do my fun stuff on my macbook or my iPad Pro. Both have a dosbox instance, but only the mac has a dosbox with ne2000 functionalities, and a VM on VMware Fusion. Basically, I …

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Re: Retro machines usefulness/connectivity thread

Posted on 2020-01-08, 22:52

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SSH2DOS no longer works with modern SSH, sadly. Dammit :( You need SMB1 support in host/server for dos/win3.11 client to be able to connect. Can Mac do that? (I'm not a mac user) I will take a look on it after the dinner here... probably not. Apparently there are some users reporting that they …

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Re: Retro machines usefulness/connectivity thread

Posted on 2020-01-08, 20:09

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Anyone managed to get SSH2DOS working in any VM instance? Mine is MSDOS622 + WFW311, and I installed everything required for internet to be working on Windows, which is working fine. But on MSDOS I can't get it working, not even installing MSCLIENT 3.0 which throws me errors on boot. EDIT: I can …

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