• "Trendy" Greeting

    From John Varela@21:1/5 to g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies on Mon Dec 17 22:57:32 2018
    XPost: alt.usage.english

    Crossposted to comp.os.os2.ecomstation.

    On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:39:23 UTC, Lewis
    <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

    In message <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-7XObdNfqWWs8@localhost> John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
    On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:23:23 UTC, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>
    wrote:

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    Encoding type: Base 64
    File size: 1KB
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    This is how your posts appear in my newsreader.

    Your newsreader is broken. You should run something from this decade.

    You have something against OS/2?


    If you can point me to a native Mac newsreader that is as good *for
    my purposes* as ProNews/2, I will happily move to it. I've checked
    a bunch of Mac newsreaders and have found none anywhere near as good
    *for the way I work* as ProNews/2.

    I am willing to put up with the problems with OS/2 in a Parallels
    VM, the principal ones being that it can't share clipboards with the
    Mac and I haven't updated to anywhere near a current version of
    Firefox, though I guess I could if I cared enough to go to the
    trouble.

    --
    John Varela

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  • From Mat Nieuwenhoven@21:1/5 to John Varela on Tue Jan 1 12:18:02 2019
    XPost: alt.usage.english

    On 17 Dec 2018 22:57:32 GMT, John Varela wrote:

    Crossposted to comp.os.os2.ecomstation.

    On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:39:23 UTC, Lewis :><g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

    In message <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-7XObdNfqWWs8@localhost> John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
    On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:23:23 UTC, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>
    wrote:

    -------Begin Encoded File-------
    Encoded filename:
    Decoded path: file:///C:\pronews\DECODED\~93
    Encoding type: Base 64
    File size: 1KB
    --------End Encoded File--------

    This is how your posts appear in my newsreader.

    Your newsreader is broken. You should run something from this decade.

    You have something against OS/2?


    If you can point me to a native Mac newsreader that is as good *for
    my purposes* as ProNews/2, I will happily move to it. I've checked
    a bunch of Mac newsreaders and have found none anywhere near as good
    *for the way I work* as ProNews/2.

    I am willing to put up with the problems with OS/2 in a Parallels
    VM, the principal ones being that it can't share clipboards with the
    Mac and I haven't updated to anywhere near a current version of
    Firefox, though I guess I could if I cared enough to go to the
    trouble.

    I second your though that some OS/2 applications are for my purposes
    better than anything I found so far (mostly Linux).
    For the shared clipboard problem, have you tried VirtualBox for OSx?

    Mat Nieuwenhoven

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  • From John Varela@21:1/5 to mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl on Tue Jan 1 15:56:46 2019
    XPost: alt.usage.english

    On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 11:18:02 UTC, "Mat Nieuwenhoven" <mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl> wrote:

    On 17 Dec 2018 22:57:32 GMT, John Varela wrote:

    Crossposted to comp.os.os2.ecomstation.

    On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:39:23 UTC, Lewis :><g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

    In message <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-7XObdNfqWWs8@localhost> John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
    On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:23:23 UTC, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>
    wrote:

    -------Begin Encoded File-------
    Encoded filename:
    Decoded path: file:///C:\pronews\DECODED\~93
    Encoding type: Base 64
    File size: 1KB
    --------End Encoded File--------

    This is how your posts appear in my newsreader.

    Your newsreader is broken. You should run something from this decade.

    You have something against OS/2?


    If you can point me to a native Mac newsreader that is as good *for
    my purposes* as ProNews/2, I will happily move to it. I've checked
    a bunch of Mac newsreaders and have found none anywhere near as good
    *for the way I work* as ProNews/2.

    I am willing to put up with the problems with OS/2 in a Parallels
    VM, the principal ones being that it can't share clipboards with the
    Mac and I haven't updated to anywhere near a current version of
    Firefox, though I guess I could if I cared enough to go to the
    trouble.

    I second your though that some OS/2 applications are for my purposes
    better than anything I found so far (mostly Linux).
    For the shared clipboard problem, have you tried VirtualBox for OSx?

    No. That one is new to me. I'll have to try it. I still have my
    ECS 2.0 install CDs and backups of my old ECS native installation
    including apps. I even have a CD reader, which is kind of key since
    my new Mac didn't come with one.

    --
    John Varela

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  • From Mat Nieuwenhoven@21:1/5 to John Varela on Wed Jan 2 10:23:17 2019
    On 1 Jan 2019 15:56:46 GMT, John Varela wrote:

    On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 11:18:02 UTC, "Mat Nieuwenhoven" :><mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl> wrote:

    On 17 Dec 2018 22:57:32 GMT, John Varela wrote:

    Crossposted to comp.os.os2.ecomstation.

    On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:39:23 UTC, Lewis
    <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

    In message <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-7XObdNfqWWs8@localhost> John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
    On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:23:23 UTC, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> :>> :>> > wrote:

    -------Begin Encoded File-------
    Encoded filename:
    Decoded path: file:///C:\pronews\DECODED\~93
    Encoding type: Base 64
    File size: 1KB
    --------End Encoded File--------

    This is how your posts appear in my newsreader.

    Your newsreader is broken. You should run something from this decade. :>> :>
    You have something against OS/2?


    If you can point me to a native Mac newsreader that is as good *for
    my purposes* as ProNews/2, I will happily move to it. I've checked
    a bunch of Mac newsreaders and have found none anywhere near as good
    *for the way I work* as ProNews/2.

    I am willing to put up with the problems with OS/2 in a Parallels
    VM, the principal ones being that it can't share clipboards with the
    Mac and I haven't updated to anywhere near a current version of
    Firefox, though I guess I could if I cared enough to go to the
    trouble.

    I second your though that some OS/2 applications are for my purposes
    better than anything I found so far (mostly Linux).
    For the shared clipboard problem, have you tried VirtualBox for OSx?

    No. That one is new to me. I'll have to try it. I still have my
    ECS 2.0 install CDs and backups of my old ECS native installation
    including apps. I even have a CD reader, which is kind of key since
    my new Mac didn't come with one.

    (removed alt.usage.english)
    Vbox supports virtual disks from several other platforms, such as
    VMware. Maybe it supports Parallel's too, take a look at their website.
    If not supported directly, there are also conversions from one format
    into another. If that works, you don't need to reinstall eCS (which I
    use as well). Vbox is free for non-commmercial use, it is now from
    Oracle. I have used it quite a lot. To run OS/2 in a Vbox
    VirtualMachine requires that the host CPU has support for
    virtualization (and that it is switched on).

    Mat Nieuwenhoven

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  • From John Varela@21:1/5 to mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl on Wed Jan 2 21:09:41 2019
    On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 09:23:17 UTC, "Mat Nieuwenhoven" <mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl> wrote:

    On 1 Jan 2019 15:56:46 GMT, John Varela wrote:

    On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 11:18:02 UTC, "Mat Nieuwenhoven" :><mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl> wrote:

    On 17 Dec 2018 22:57:32 GMT, John Varela wrote:

    Crossposted to comp.os.os2.ecomstation.

    On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:39:23 UTC, Lewis
    <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

    In message <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-7XObdNfqWWs8@localhost> John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
    On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:23:23 UTC, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> :>> :>> > wrote:

    -------Begin Encoded File-------
    Encoded filename:
    Decoded path: file:///C:\pronews\DECODED\~93
    Encoding type: Base 64
    File size: 1KB
    --------End Encoded File--------

    This is how your posts appear in my newsreader.

    Your newsreader is broken. You should run something from this decade. :>> :>
    You have something against OS/2?


    If you can point me to a native Mac newsreader that is as good *for
    my purposes* as ProNews/2, I will happily move to it. I've checked
    a bunch of Mac newsreaders and have found none anywhere near as good :>> :>*for the way I work* as ProNews/2.

    I am willing to put up with the problems with OS/2 in a Parallels
    VM, the principal ones being that it can't share clipboards with the :>> :>Mac and I haven't updated to anywhere near a current version of
    Firefox, though I guess I could if I cared enough to go to the
    trouble.

    I second your though that some OS/2 applications are for my purposes
    better than anything I found so far (mostly Linux).
    For the shared clipboard problem, have you tried VirtualBox for OSx?

    No. That one is new to me. I'll have to try it. I still have my
    ECS 2.0 install CDs and backups of my old ECS native installation :>including apps. I even have a CD reader, which is kind of key since
    my new Mac didn't come with one.

    (removed alt.usage.english)

    FYI I read your above and replied to it on alt.usage.english. As it
    happens I still subscribe to c.o.o.e even though there is hardly any
    traffic. Otherwise, I would have missed yours below. (When I
    opened c.o.o.e, ProNews had marked your post as read, because I had
    already opened it in a.u.e.)

    Vbox supports virtual disks from several other platforms, such as
    VMware. Maybe it supports Parallel's too, take a look at their website.
    If not supported directly, there are also conversions from one format
    into another. If that works, you don't need to reinstall eCS (which I
    use as well). Vbox is free for non-commmercial use, it is now from
    Oracle. I have used it quite a lot. To run OS/2 in a Vbox
    VirtualMachine requires that the host CPU has support for
    virtualization (and that it is switched on).

    Would you happen to know if a Mac with a 3.8 GHz Intel Core i5 would
    have that capability and, if so, how to switch it on?

    --
    John Varela

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  • From Mat Nieuwenhoven@21:1/5 to John Varela on Sat Jan 5 23:21:34 2019
    On 2 Jan 2019 21:09:41 GMT, John Varela wrote:

    On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 09:23:17 UTC, "Mat Nieuwenhoven" :><mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl> wrote:

    On 1 Jan 2019 15:56:46 GMT, John Varela wrote:

    On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 11:18:02 UTC, "Mat Nieuwenhoven"
    <mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl> wrote:

    On 17 Dec 2018 22:57:32 GMT, John Varela wrote:

    Crossposted to comp.os.os2.ecomstation.

    On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:39:23 UTC, Lewis
    <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

    In message <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-7XObdNfqWWs8@localhost> John Varela <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
    On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:23:23 UTC, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>
    wrote:

    -------Begin Encoded File-------
    Encoded filename:
    Decoded path: file:///C:\pronews\DECODED\~93
    Encoding type: Base 64
    File size: 1KB
    --------End Encoded File--------

    This is how your posts appear in my newsreader.

    Your newsreader is broken. You should run something from this decade.

    You have something against OS/2?


    If you can point me to a native Mac newsreader that is as good *for :>> :>> :>my purposes* as ProNews/2, I will happily move to it. I've checked :>> :>> :>a bunch of Mac newsreaders and have found none anywhere near as good :>> :>> :>*for the way I work* as ProNews/2.

    I am willing to put up with the problems with OS/2 in a Parallels
    VM, the principal ones being that it can't share clipboards with the :>> :>> :>Mac and I haven't updated to anywhere near a current version of
    Firefox, though I guess I could if I cared enough to go to the
    trouble.

    I second your though that some OS/2 applications are for my purposes :>> :>> better than anything I found so far (mostly Linux).
    For the shared clipboard problem, have you tried VirtualBox for OSx? :>> :>
    No. That one is new to me. I'll have to try it. I still have my
    ECS 2.0 install CDs and backups of my old ECS native installation
    including apps. I even have a CD reader, which is kind of key since
    my new Mac didn't come with one.

    (removed alt.usage.english)

    FYI I read your above and replied to it on alt.usage.english. As it :>happens I still subscribe to c.o.o.e even though there is hardly any :>traffic. Otherwise, I would have missed yours below. (When I
    opened c.o.o.e, ProNews had marked your post as read, because I had
    already opened it in a.u.e.)

    Sorry about that, but I did not want to clutter a.u.e .

    Vbox supports virtual disks from several other platforms, such as
    VMware. Maybe it supports Parallel's too, take a look at their website.
    If not supported directly, there are also conversions from one format
    into another. If that works, you don't need to reinstall eCS (which I
    use as well). Vbox is free for non-commmercial use, it is now from
    Oracle. I have used it quite a lot. To run OS/2 in a Vbox
    VirtualMachine requires that the host CPU has support for
    virtualization (and that it is switched on).

    Would you happen to know if a Mac with a 3.8 GHz Intel Core i5 would
    have that capability and, if so, how to switch it on?

    The CPU must support it, if you know the exact processor type it will
    be somewhere at least in the intel site, but just googling for it might
    be faster.
    If the CPU supports it, the bios/OS must support it too. I know very
    little about mac configs, I'm afraid.
    If you're using Parallels now, doesn't it have a monitor that will tell
    you?
    Else just google with the exact mac model and "virtualisation".

    Mat Nieuwenhoven

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