[arachne] Re: Arachne with XP?

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On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:28:03 -0500 (CDT), Rob <robo13@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> Bastiaan,
> It's beexit
en three or four years since I ran windo$e,
> but I was able to run all my DOS apps. I ran 2k but XP
> is pretty much the same. In XP you will want to try
> running "compatibility mode". Make a shortcut icon to
> Arachne's executable on your desktop, then rightclick,
> click on properties, then click the compatibility tab.
> There should be a DOS or 95 or 98 choice. 

All of this is there... but even setting all Arachne .exe files to be
compatible with win95 does not give me the full arachne capabilities.

Any attempt to use the modem, the setup wizard to detect the modem or to
skip the detection resets to windows XP.
.jpg viewing does render strange paterns on the monitor and locks the
computer.



The only thing
> I remember odd about running Arachne in 2k, is I kept
> ending up with two Arachne temp directories, but that
> didn't seem to cause me any problems. XP will run almost
> ALL DOS apps. Business's demand legacy support from M$,
> AND XP, I have to admit, is good about it. I used a
> shortcut to a.bat on my desktop to start Arachne and
> it would popup in a CMD window, which you can also modify
> the properties of. XP is an infinitely better system than
> any of the 9x series windo$e. Give yourself a chance to
> get used to it, before you judge it. I hope this helps you.
> Good Luck,
> Rob

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> On Sun, 15 Jul 2007, Bastiaan Edelman wrote:

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>> Hi All,

>> I got a present... an other computer with Windows XP already installed,
>> a situation many people meet today.

>> How to use Arachne, is that possible?

>> First i collected Arachne 190J1, unpacked the zip file and got the 190j1
>> ..exe file.
>> I clicked this one and all seemed well, it unpacked to all the files
>> needed to run Arachne, i just clicked in XP.

>> I was asked to try the video and memory... all well and the first Arachne
>> screen was on the monitor.
>> No modem was installed an F10 was used to view some images in the
>> computer, all was still performing well.

>> Today I tried Arachne again... the arachne.bat was gone so no action
>> followed. Arachne.bat copied to the Arachne directory.

>> The official setup was used... modem detection failed and the DOS
>> routine was closed to XP :-)

>> Second try: modem installed in arachne.cfg including telephone number to
>> ISP, username, password and nameservers.

>> Dialing was not possible and Arachne went back to XP.

>> *****************

>> How to run Arachne in XP? Is it possible at all?

>> Any suggestions?

>> How to run DOS?

>> *****************

>> Regards, Bastiaan

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