Re: DOS

[Eric McCann]

At 05:18 PM 10/12/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello All,
> As long as we're DOSsing this subject around, There is a card game
>that comes with Windoze '95 called, Free Cell. Does anyone know if
>there's a Mac version of this particular game?... It seems a terrible
>waste of time and hard drive space to have to run VirtualPC just for
>one game.

It should (under other names, I think - Klondike? Or is that another for 
the original solitaire...) be on any "set" of solitaire games. It's 
definately not a Windows exclusive. 

(Trivia bit - it was originally included as a "test" program with Win32s, 
an addon for Windows 3.1 to let it run "sort of" 32-bit programs if 
Freecell ran, it was installed properly. 


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Re: Free Cell for Mac. Re: DOS

[Rob Rosenbrock]

Eric's Ultimate Solitaire!

> Do a search on VersionTracker for "freecell" or "card game" and check out
> the many, many, options.  Dunno how many (if any) are 68K-compatible, but
> anything capable of running VPC acceptably ought to be able to handle the
> freecell games for Mac :)


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Re: Free Cell for Mac. Re: DOS

[the pickle]

At 20:25 -0700 on 12/10/01, Gregg Eshelman wrote:

>See if the online version at www.freecell.com works
>for you on Mac.
>
>Free Cell made its first appearance in Windows as
>the "pack in" game with the Win32s add-on for Windows 3.1x.

Do a search on VersionTracker for "freecell" or "card game" and check out
the many, many, options.  Dunno how many (if any) are 68K-compatible, but
anything capable of running VPC acceptably ought to be able to handle the
freecell games for Mac :)

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Free Cell for Mac. Re: DOS

[Gregg Eshelman]

--- Andrew Michael MacTao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hello All,
> As long as we're DOSsing this subject around,
> There is a card game 
> that comes with Windoze '95 called, Free Cell. Does
> anyone know if 
> there's a Mac version of this particular game?... It
> seems a terrible 
> waste of time and hard drive space to have to run
> VirtualPC just for one game.

Ha! It's got you in its spell! ;-)

See if the online version at www.freecell.com works
for you on Mac.

Free Cell made its first appearance in Windows as
the "pack in" game with the Win32s add-on for Windows 3.1x.

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Re: What happened to Interex?

[Craig]

on 10/12/01 3:00 PM, (Vintage Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

>> Interex was a manufacturer of Mac to VGA monitor
>> adapters, and I think some other items too.
>> 
>> Their website, www.interex.com , has been gone for
>> quite a while.
>> 
>> Did some other company (who we can bug for at least
>> providing pre-existing settings and/or software for
>> Interex stuff) buy out Interex or did the company
>> just "evaporate" with their assets being sold to the
>> four winds, never to be tracked down?
> 
> They made a good variety of stuff... I at one point had an Interex ADB
> keyboard and an Interex USB hub...

 I have one of their large surge protectors.  My wife got it at Big Lots for
like $10 and it will take about 2100 joules and has a ton of wide and narrow
space outlets.  I guess my surge insurance that came with it is no good now.
Craig


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Re: What happened to Interex?

[Gene Osburn]

> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 17:19:15 -0400
> Subject: Re: What happened to Interex?
> From: Amber Rhea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> > Interex was a manufacturer of Mac to VGA monitor
> > adapters, and I think some other items too.
> >
> > Their website, www.interex.com , has been gone for
> > quite a while.
> >
> > Did some other company (who we can bug for at least
> > providing pre-existing settings and/or software for
> > Interex stuff) buy out Interex or did the company
> > just "evaporate" with their assets being sold to the
> > four winds, never to be tracked down?
> 
> They made a good variety of stuff... I at one point had an Interex ADB
> keyboard and an Interex USB hub...

Interex was the parent company for XLR8.  They closed up shop about two
years ago, due to poor fiscal management.  IIRC, all their assets were
sold to Tripp Lite, but only XLR8 was kept intact as a subsidiary. 
According to XLR8's website, they're located in Norcross, GA.  How close
is that to you, Amber...?
If you have any Interex products that may still be under warranty, it
may be a good idea to check with Tripp Lite.

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Re: DOS

[Andrew Michael MacTao]

Hello All,
As long as we're DOSsing this subject around, There is a card game 
that comes with Windoze '95 called, Free Cell. Does anyone know if 
there's a Mac version of this particular game?... It seems a terrible 
waste of time and hard drive space to have to run VirtualPC just for 
one game.

Iechyd Da,
Andrew

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FAQ updated

[the pickle]

Thanks to an alert reader, Radio Shack is now known to sell Mac Plus PRAM
batteries for US$7 (catalog order, any applicable shipping is extra), not
the $20 that some people have apparently been quoted/charged.  I've updated
the relevant portion and, unless someone is aware of cheaper sources, think
this is probably as good as it gets here in the States.

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Re: DOS

[Eric McCann]

At 09:14 PM 10/12/01 +1000, you wrote:

> > Well, that may have been true earlier, but the newer versions of PC-DOS
>were
> > (IMHO) far superior to Microsoft's offerings, especially since MS-DOS 7
>was
> > never a full product (Version of DOS Win95 is run on top of, missing most
> > utilities included in MS-DOS 6.22)
>
>I know this is getting way OT, but wasn't Digital Research's DR-DOS the best
>DOS of it's type. IIRC it was the first with memory optimisation, protected
>mode and the only DOS to reallyy exploit the extra features of the 286
>processor. I also once read that bugs in said 286 processor prevented DR-DOS
>from running properly and hurt it chances...

Admittedly off topic, sure, but maybe wandering over to LEPC../

IMHO, PC-DOS 7 / 2000 and OpenDOS (formerly Novell Dos, formerly DR-DOS) 
tie for being the best DOS.
PC DOS lets you dynamically load (and unload) device drivers, even high, 
REXX is included (very powerful scripting language) - it's a good package.
OpenDOS is free, and can (on a 386 or higher) multitask. Also comes with 
Netwars and a version of Personal Netware.

What a combo...

-Eric


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Re: DOS

[Adam]

> Well, that may have been true earlier, but the newer versions of PC-DOS
were
> (IMHO) far superior to Microsoft's offerings, especially since MS-DOS 7
was
> never a full product (Version of DOS Win95 is run on top of, missing most
> utilities included in MS-DOS 6.22)

I know this is getting way OT, but wasn't Digital Research's DR-DOS the best
DOS of it's type. IIRC it was the first with memory optimisation, protected
mode and the only DOS to reallyy exploit the extra features of the 286
processor. I also once read that bugs in said 286 processor prevented DR-DOS
from running properly and hurt it chances...

Cheers,
Adam


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