[arachne] Re: Getting Arachne to run on a 286

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--- On Tue, 6/23/09, Glenn McCorkle <glennmcc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yes, Arachne _should_ run just fine on that machine,
> except for one big mistake that I made.
> 
> When I released the build for older machines....
> I forgot to re-enable the graphics choices during setup :(
> (it was going automatically to VGA)

So! The truth comes out! It was you! <grin>
 
> A new package is now uploaded with those choices
> re-enabled.
> 
> http://www.glennmcc.org/arachne/195-8086/195-8086.zip

Excellent! Thanks! I'll try that out as soon as I get a chance. My only gripe 
before was how difficult it was to get the file over to the 286. You see, that 
machine has a 1.2mb and a 360k floppy drive. And the Arachne installer is like 
1.3 meg. I managed to do it the last time by using a little kludge program on 
the 286 to format an 85 track (yes, five more than normal) HD floppy. I was 
incredibly suprised that it formatted at all, but I was more suprised when the 
disk actually WORKED in other computer. Don't think I could get another track 
out of it though, I could hear the head hit the stop on the last step.

Now that I've actually got another browser (Bobcat) on the 286, I should be 
able to just download it. But I may try the "writing off the edge of the media" 
trick with the floppy, to see if I can get it to work a second time. That was 
kinda fun.

-Ian
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