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Name: Leo the 28C (by Sulfurik)
Date: November 29, 2005 at 08:19:45 Pacific
Subject: Win3.1 boot floppy?
OS: Windows XP Home
CPU/Ram: 1.4 GHz/480 MB
Comment:

Hello everyone! :-D
OK, I asked this question a looooooooong time ago... I lost the floppy that Weinger gave me, and his website doesn't work anymore! I tried PeepHole's but it gives me file-not-found errors... I also saw one on SourceForge, but it's not there anymore! Anyone know where I could get one? Thanks! ;-)

http://sulfurmidis.com/sulfursoft
http://tsfc.ath.cx
ftp://tsfc.ath.cx
hotline://tsfc.ath.cx

If I connect my microwave to my PC, will I be able to download food?


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Response Number 1
Name: plainandsimple
Date: November 29, 2005 at 10:05:08 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

El-Trucha: Windows 3.x does not have a boot floppy, W3.x is a GUI on-top-of-MS-DOS...


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Response Number 2
Name: name
Date: November 29, 2005 at 10:47:32 Pacific
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There's a good reason why his site "doesn't work anymore."

What you have is an illegal, hacked up version of stuff that originally came from Microshafted


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Response Number 3
Name: plainandsimple
Date: November 29, 2005 at 13:38:11 Pacific
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name: could not of put it more eloquently.

"If you want FAT32/LFN and W3.x then install W95 OSR2.1 or later and use the alternative W3.x style interface"


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Response Number 4
Name: Leo the 28C (by Sulfurik)
Date: December 2, 2005 at 16:05:06 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

I found Weinger's around my D:\Downloads folder, and now I'm trying to make a better version of it! Ha! :-D

http://sulfurmidis.com/sulfursoft
http://tsfc.ath.cx
ftp://tsfc.ath.cx
hotline://tsfc.ath.cx

If I connect my microwave to my PC, will I be able to download food?


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Response Number 5
Name: nimbus186
Date: December 5, 2005 at 17:21:45 Pacific
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plainandsimple: I hadn't heard of Win95 having an alternative Win3.x style interface - can you tell me more please?

(Actually I know such a thing must exist, because the DriveSpace resize program uses it if you resize the drive where Windows is installed - after the computer reboots, the resize program appears with 3.x style widgets and window borders... but I didn't think there was any way to use it elsewhere)


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Response Number 6
Name: jboy
Date: December 8, 2005 at 15:33:17 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

Say what now? A bit convoluted, dontcha think?

I imagine the reference is to the alternate file manager included in 9x, winfile.exe

Resist the temptation to close your request for help with semantically-null questions like “Can anyone help me?”


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Response Number 7
Name: The AzA
Date: December 11, 2005 at 17:15:58 Pacific
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the W3.1 interface in W95 is simply a file in C:\Windows called progman.exe.

I'm THE original AzA!!
The 12 yo AzA!!


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Response Number 8
Name: Leo the 28C (by Sulfurik)
Date: January 7, 2006 at 14:38:38 Pacific
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I think this is how it goes... You need to open your system.ini file and change the "shell" part to "progman.exe", and voila! :-D

http://sulfurmidis.com/sulfursoft
http://tsfc.ath.cx
ftp://tsfc.ath.cx
hotline://tsfc.ath.cx

If I connect my microwave to my PC, will I be able to download food?


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