Re: Microsoft MSE 'killed' on Windows XP, temp fix available

Posted on 2016-09-05, 16:13

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Well, it kind of makes sense that they wouldn't want users to think their outdated systems with their outdated security would be properly defended against the latest threats. I guess?

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Re: Dragons lair

Posted on 2016-09-05, 01:36

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Those codes would appear to be for Escape From Singe's Castle and not the original.

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Re: DOS Games Issues on my Windows 95 Computer

Posted on 2016-09-05, 01:29

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That would appear to be what pages 36 and 37 of the manual at http://www.dell.com/support/home/ca/en/cadhs1 … x-gx110/manuals would indicate.

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Re: DOS Games Issues on my Windows 95 Computer

Posted on 2016-09-04, 20:52

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Also, you mean its better to back up my files and do a fresh Windows 98 SE install instead of upgrading from 95? It's almost never a good idea to do an upgrade when you can do a fresh install. It depends on how inconvenient it would be to reinstall everything. I saw on ebay, a brand new voodoo 3 …

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Re: Blizzard Free Games

Posted on 2016-09-04, 20:52

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Well, there's always WINE.

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Re: I can't install office 4.3

Posted on 2016-09-04, 20:47

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Are you running this in DOSBox in Windows 3.1? (vDOS sure won't help in that case.) You are probably mounting your drives incorrectly. Follow the 60 Seconds Guide . However, DOSBox is for games and using DOSBox to run Office 4.3 is a pretty terrible idea. You will probably either have to use a …

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Re: How to emulate PCDOS in dosbox?

Posted on 2016-09-03, 19:14

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The same way as any other DOS: you get an image of the appropriate bootdisk and use the BOOT command. If your purposes require unusual IBM-exclusive hardware, then don't use DOSBox.

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Re: 1998 Bondi Blue iMac won't boot

Posted on 2016-09-03, 15:53

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It's not just the motherboard battery dying, is it? I know that could cause some wacky startup behavior on some old macs.

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Re: Connecting WFW 3.11 to XP via LAN /w Password - Access Denied

Posted on 2016-09-03, 15:47

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Can you ping the XP machine from your WFW machine? It would probably be a good idea to rule out lower-level problems first. You've enabled NETBIOS over TCP/IP on the XP machine, right? I think there's some setting regarding LM hashes that you have to change, but the precise details escape me. …

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Re: You don´t know Jack 3 Windows 3.x????

Posted on 2016-09-02, 22:19

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So you get an error message about d:\install\setup.exe even when you run "Install!" ?

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Re: You don´t know Jack 3 Windows 3.x????

Posted on 2016-09-02, 19:05

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Hotte76 wrote: One is called "Install!" in the main folder of the CD (doesn´t work) So it produces an error message?

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Re: You don´t know Jack 3 Windows 3.x????

Posted on 2016-09-02, 17:00

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Perhaps there is more than one setup.exe , and you are running the one intended for Windows 9x?

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Re: 4 USB Joypads with DOSBOX on Raspberry Pi 3/Retropie

Posted on 2016-09-02, 14:46

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franck wrote: We can create ports of games using DOSBOX While you might have a point for Mrboom, anything that can be ported in such a fashion would probably be better off being recompiled to run on the Raspberry Pi without having to use DOSBox.

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Re: You don´t know Jack 3 Windows 3.x????

Posted on 2016-09-02, 14:43

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Hotte76 wrote: All executable files (setup.exe e.g) end with an Win32 error message. That would suggest you need "Win32s", which Microsoft released near the end of Win 3.x support. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win32s I would expect that it would be included on the CD somewhere if it was required.

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Re: Good XP OEM Box?

Posted on 2016-09-02, 13:27

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The problem is that there's a big gap in one PSU "standard" – the positioning of the outlet for the power cord. These cases can be deliberately designed to make it impossible to fit all possible PSUs, probably to entice you to purchase parts from HP. (Last time I needed to replace one, I actually …

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Re: FDD Compact Flash adapter!

Posted on 2016-09-02, 02:56

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If we use, say, 32 GB compact flash, would the computer see it as 32 GB floppy without problem? Oh hell no. The OS and BIOS would throw a fit. If I'm not mistaken, these devices generally load standard floppy images stored on the card, one-by-one, and you can toggle between them using buttons on …

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Re: DOS Games Issues on my Windows 95 Computer

Posted on 2016-09-02, 02:19

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Will the Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold work? The AWE64 Gold would be considerably more expensive for little tangible benefit. If you already have one on hand, then go ahead; otherwise, you might as well go for a cheaper model of AWE64 or AWE32. What is NUSB and where can I find it. I was going to tell …

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Re: Got some 8088 stuff today: now what?

Posted on 2016-09-02, 01:01

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Oh, right – IEEE 488. I thought it looked familiar. Also known as GPIB, the General Purpose Interface Bus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE-488 I had some not-so-old – but highly specialized – lab equipment once that used that. There's a Linux package that should in theory be able to use that card …

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Re: joystick port db9???possible

Posted on 2016-09-01, 20:26

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That would be what these four-year-old posts are saying.

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Re: Star Control 2 crash problem

Posted on 2016-09-01, 19:27

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Many old games had this system. Many usually had their own installation programs. But whatever. Did you follow the 60 Seconds Guide ? If you are running starcon2 from C:\ , that may be the cause of the problem; you should be mounting the parent directory of the subdirectory that contains starcon2 …

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