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Post #Au5lzzsSTK1TuefPAu by [email protected] | |
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why is the page I'm testing on multiple VMs (with no copy/paste) using a 97… | |
Post #Au5mBQ8DCTJ0WXTz1c by [email protected] | |
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fun fact! if you typo a URL on IE4, it erases the address bar and now you have … | |
Post #Au5mBje6e76j2xYDsO by [email protected] | |
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@foone `python -m http.server` plus an HTML file with one <meta> tag? | |
Post #Au5mFa8pvP6WjBl7om by [email protected] | |
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I should make a keyboard that just types this string for me | |
Post #Au5mP0nSBub40HFoCu by [email protected] | |
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WHY ARE BOTH OF MY WINDOWS 98 VMs BROKEN | |
Post #Au5mS4Vyp7VwP6XXLk by [email protected] | |
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I need to build a bunch of qemu VMs for various windowses. virtualbox is just t… | |
Post #Au5mnbGuEHgq4wkqhM by [email protected] | |
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@foone did you recently switch CPUs? AMD CPUs don't work properly with wind… | |
Post #Au5mrUw1jOmTaGqaki by [email protected] | |
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I stuck a redirect on one of my shorter domains but I'm ending up on foone.… | |
Post #Au5muV2rmGlmnLTgEi by [email protected] | |
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@foone hardware copy/past | |
Post #Au5my2RE51NhEJYj6u by [email protected] | |
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@emilydaemon nope, intel | |
Post #Au5n0gb9jiloMbSyMC by [email protected] | |
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@foone I guess everything uses SNI nowadays | |
Post #Au5n3nT0ehvmXE8gxE by [email protected] | |
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@foone ah, drat :/ 86box might still be worth a shot, its really good | |
Post #Au5n6eBPd41cbuGdbE by [email protected] | |
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@exec this is HTTP, there's no TLS for it to SNI over | |
Post #Au5n9dTCjjBHGf0xW4 by [email protected] | |
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@foone ...forgot that SNI is an only HTTPS thing | |
Post #Au5nCk4kdLIWci3ehE by [email protected] | |
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once again, what should be a simple project is ruined by the unreliability of o… | |
Post #Au5nN0uqsOsDkTKFCi by [email protected] | |
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one of the weirder design decisions of windows 95:you can have internet explore… | |
Post #Au5nQ0mnocx8DMzRTs by [email protected] | |
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you'd think they'd make IE require that TCP/IP be installed, but nope | |
Post #Au5nTGL8RYqXK3bCOu by [email protected] | |
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@foone I still remember versions of Netscape for Solaris that were hard-coded t… | |
Post #Au5nXLDQG40NbOw70K by [email protected] | |
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real handy if you want to browse some intranet sites over NetBIOS | |
Post #Au5nieA89ctTYBmshE by [email protected] | |
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I love how old internet explorer pops up dialog boxes when javascript breaks.su… | |
Post #Au5npLWppgdnmmbNCa by [email protected] | |
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okay I've succeeded using:* Netscape 4* IE4now I just need to find a (WORKI… | |
Post #Au5nxP2eedagzyKKZs by [email protected] | |
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@brooke it does, I checked with another IE4. I think this IE4 is just broken so… | |
Post #Au5o2VbffrMWo58l1s by [email protected] | |
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IE8? huh. I'll take it I guess | |
Post #Au5oCjNlJMwqQXVbN2 by [email protected] | |
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ie3? wrong direction, but it's a datapoint I guess | |
Post #Au5oKSQqDT1aAndKAi by [email protected] | |
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IE7? HOW MANY INTERNET EXPLORERS DO I HAVE | |
Post #Au5oPRIhqj7U73CgtM by [email protected] | |
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@foone69 | |
Post #Au5odIPpgGDsbu90l6 by [email protected] | |
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I think the main problem is that I really, really need a working win98, which i… | |
Post #Au5ohulL39MUhQPDzE by [email protected] | |
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yay got one workingit has IE4.BUT THAT CAN BE FIXED | |
Post #Au5orW5ncwGd5BYSzA by [email protected] | |
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there's something beautifully wrong about trying to advertise copilot to a … | |
Post #Au5ouOE7KQgXYWocfA by [email protected] | |
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@foone isn't that when a lot of the built in docs/help pages (oh man, retro… | |
Post #Au5pbQUgm5Dh2X5Wu8 by [email protected] | |
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@foone as much of a ride this thread was (and I loved it), and nothing at all t… | |
Post #Au5pmlpZmidcOtGdYu by [email protected] | |
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@foone Maybe a keyboard that supports VIA and locally stores its config like th… | |
Post #Au5pyqTULT0qHHh4ca by [email protected] | |
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okay I got IE5. time to snapshot and install IE6 | |
Post #Au5qQOSq55MBVsWfjs by [email protected] | |
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got IE6 and Firefox 0.8 (the first release with that name) | |
Post #Au5qfYMHZodyXkgi1Y by [email protected] | |
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@foone Now I'm trying to remember what it was called before that. Was it Fi… | |
Post #Au5qh41HLXhD1paGKu by [email protected] | |
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@foone There are similar issues with at least some modern browsers especially o… | |
Post #Au5qiiX2CzhixrE3zk by [email protected] | |
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@foone You don't need TCP/IP to browse a website that's delivered on CD… | |
Post #Au5qlk2N4GsmVCKEIi by [email protected] | |
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and firefox 2.0.0.20, the last version to officially support win9x | |
Post #Au5qopZGxfgoWYBhbM by [email protected] | |
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@foone Do it and let Co-Pilot and Clippy fight it out. | |
Post #Au5qs4Wjng5nmtY13Y by [email protected] | |
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I think I have all the information I need, unless I decide to bisect every fire… | |
Post #Au5r7THs1ae0vKw7yC by [email protected] | |
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FINE | |
Post #Au5rGTTsfpo08AqbA0 by [email protected] | |
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instruction unclear, I have crashed Windows 7 | |
Post #Au5rLjMj2hmkqO0UGe by [email protected] | |
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@[email protected] IE8 dev tools should let you put it in IE6 (or maybe even … | |
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@foone that screenshot is triggering some VISCERAL memories from waaaaaaaaay ba… | |
Post #Au5rVGYX0jOIO94lDk by [email protected] | |
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@foone Trumpet Winsock is my co-pilot. | |
Post #Au5rWj5cPPKlApFSHw by [email protected] | |
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@foone i vaguely remember qemu not working well either with older dos-based win… | |
Post #Au5rY85yvIJn195TQu by [email protected] | |
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@foone extremely cursed | |
Post #Au5raiKNBStny73E4u by [email protected] | |
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@foone I have no idea what you’re saying but you’re starting to sound like … | |
Post #Au5rgP4dgL3lzXP93w by [email protected] | |
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@foone Windows is still WinDon't! 😉 | |
Post #Au5rlEY4F5GCnOTMwa by [email protected] | |
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apparently windows 7 is at the sweet spot of broken for virtualboxbecause it… | |
Post #Au5sUcogrQaR5ptNXE by [email protected] | |
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@foone @pluralistic AI + Windows 98? There's a whole untapped seam of retro… | |
Post #Au5t09JQ5oCSqzIViS by [email protected] | |
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internet explorer 11 is failing at its sole purpose: to download firefox | |
Post #Au5tCiFS1ktSgGQqBM by [email protected] | |
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yeah it's hanging trying to display this page:https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/m… | |
Post #Au5tKCb7aRvcpq8hNY by [email protected] | |
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fine then. screw windows 7. we're going back to XP | |
Post #Au5tPHb0Qo0HmhVYQq by [email protected] | |
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@foone The only good response.(At least it's not Vista). | |
Post #Au5tSgquz56Wz9Zk1o by [email protected] | |
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xp doesn't recognize the network card and thus has no connectivity. I HATE … | |
Post #Au5tXNqz3741VcqP20 by [email protected] | |
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@foone "Your Windows version is out of date, please upgrade""And… | |
Post #Au5tdkEgkG8KfExtgG by [email protected] | |
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@foone VISTA WILL SOLVE IT lol | |
Post #Au5tszPgb9Qu50NWWO by [email protected] | |
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@foone What's the big deal? Just go online and download the dr--ohhhhhhhhhh… | |
Post #Au5tw4i3Mac7NHROAS by [email protected] | |
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got firefox 42 to work. it's too late. so... firefox 21 next! | |
Post #Au5u5ODuBHw4V9mTQG by [email protected] | |
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also too late. Firefox 10! | |
Post #Au5uBCJhMWTXJNGBQu by [email protected] | |
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too late. Firefox 5! | |
Post #Au5uI9AjS6ObaNNbnM by [email protected] | |
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also too late. I already tested 2, so let's go... 3? | |
Post #Au5uKpZGnSereY8Y5Y by [email protected] | |
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@foone holding out for Navigator 4 | |
Post #Au5uPg9TEVrzthNhAG by [email protected] | |
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not too late! firefox 4? | |
Post #Au5uTDlehrXZ1XvmaW by [email protected] | |
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@foone I increase by 1: Internet Explorer 6! | |
Post #Au5uXtbl5Rw7wpWyQK by [email protected] | |
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Bingo. Firefox 4 is too late.So Firefox 4 (March 2011) is when this page broke. | |
Post #Au5ubJuXkWvgOTwy8W by [email protected] | |
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@fooneSo many factorials | |
Post #Au5ueUsDRp7bGJNOMK by [email protected] | |
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now I just gotta write up my findings | |
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@foone IIRC, that was due to IE being a required and unremovable “feature”?… | |
Post #Au5vD4psFPAwdulnN2 by [email protected] | |
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@foone ah you're an action retro fan | |
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@foone we should never left. | |
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@foone i had this with windows 7, didn't recognize motherboard lan card and… | |
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@foone Back in the XP days, you had to find the drivers yourself. Modern window… | |
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@angusm @foone @pluralistic It turns out Bonzi Buddy was way ahead of its time.… | |
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@foone I got IE 5 to work really well in wine some years ago for work, and 6 to… | |
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@angusm @foone @pluralistic Of course, that's why you have to find a paypho… | |
Post #Au5wgcLepLaKvsHoIa by [email protected] | |
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@foone Bonzi Buddy is your personal AI companion. | |
Post #Au5wnA5OIvoNIznYJM by [email protected] | |
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@foone This is like a cyberpunk with retro aesthetics | |
Post #Au5wo6wvS363rpI7o8 by [email protected] | |
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@angusm @foone @pluralistic wow... I could hear that modem in my head | |
Post #Au5wonlOGoQ4eVE1IW by [email protected] | |
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@mira @foone yeah, Internet Explorer the product was a pretty thin shim around … | |
Post #Au5wqWl4Swk2UUtm9g by [email protected] | |
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@angusm @foone @pluralistic wonder how long it would have taken back then to d… | |
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@foone Binary search is probably the one thing I learned about at uni that I wo… | |
Post #Au5xFXjFzfrqk0yjA0 by [email protected] | |
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@foone Why not 86box? | |
Post #Au5xmLzYeXTRtaFSxU by [email protected] | |
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@foone @emilydaemon Depending on how new Intel CPU you have, you may still need… | |
Post #Au5yUYuhyHFUiI3nRg by [email protected] | |
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@jaykass that was the first browser I tested! | |
Post #Au5yiCcXeXObcw4EaG by [email protected] | |
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@foone xdotool/ydotool time? | |
Post #Au5ylBvOhFP0KzJP9s by [email protected] | |
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@foone dang it! I didn't see the beginning of the thread! | |
Post #Au5ysm84UIo2eOrAAK by [email protected] | |
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@foone Why not… There were CDs packed with an „application“ written in HT… | |
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@foone wasn't 4 when they switched from major minor versioning to whatever … | |
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@foone Wasn't it used by their HtmlHelp component for help files? Wouldn… | |
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@foone Makes me think about a WebExtension replacing all occurrences of "C… | |
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@fooneThe scriptable copy/paste keyboard I feel like I remember you theorizing … | |
Post #Au6g6Pg93ClB6ZXlNA by [email protected] | |
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@foone can't spelli copilot without clip[py].... | |
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@foone Did you try Firefox 3.5? I remember that being a significant release ser… | |
Post #Au7GBz6mLfPOmlxPnc by [email protected] | |
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@foone Wait. Win95 did support TCP/IP...? | |
Post #Au7HunGJL5i51xLX1M by [email protected] | |
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@foone Ah, these dialog boxes. I recall them also being very useless, only sayi… | |
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@jhominal I used 3.6.9 | |
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@1000millimeter yeah but it's an optional component: it's not installed… | |
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@foone @Viss god, 98 was such a clean and uncomplicated UI. I miss this | |
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@foone Was IE optional or not? |