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    From Krzysztof Staniorowski@21:1/5 to Vince M Hudd on Sat Feb 6 10:03:37 2016
    Vince M Hudd wrote:

    John Sandford <lists@thesandfords.me.uk> wrote:
    Vince M Hudd <atdotcodotuk@dotcodotukat.co.uk> wrote:

    For as long as I've been using a Start Menu - i.e. since it first
    appeared - mine has had things arranged on it in a sensible hierarchy
    (and very little on the 'Desktop') - although since Windows 8, I've
    begrudgingly learned to live without it.

    Have a look at True launch Bar ( a bit like menu bar) this can be used to
    give a Start menu all Programs like menu on the taskbar.

    It's no longer necessary. The most important thing is to avoid the annoying Start Screen, and I'm doing that quite successfully. :)


    Does it really make sense to use RISC OS on top of Windows? If I had to dedicate a PC for virtual RISC OS I'd use GNU/Linux.

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  • From Vince M Hudd@21:1/5 to John Sandford on Tue Jan 5 16:29:52 2016
    John Sandford <lists@thesandfords.me.uk> wrote:
    Vince M Hudd <atdotcodotuk@dotcodotukat.co.uk> wrote:

    For as long as I've been using a Start Menu - i.e. since it first
    appeared - mine has had things arranged on it in a sensible hierarchy
    (and very little on the 'Desktop') - although since Windows 8, I've begrudgingly learned to live without it.

    Have a look at True launch Bar ( a bit like menu bar) this can be used to give a Start menu all Programs like menu on the taskbar.

    It's no longer necessary. The most important thing is to avoid the annoying Start Screen, and I'm doing that quite successfully. :)

    --
    Vince M Hudd
    Soft Rock Software

    Don't forget to vote in the 2015 RISC OS Awards: www.riscosawards.co.uk/vote2015.html

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  • From Vince M Hudd@21:1/5 to Krzysztof Staniorowski on Sat Feb 6 11:13:57 2016
    Krzysztof Staniorowski <helloFUCKSPAM@ksx4system.net> wrote:
    Vince M Hudd wrote:

    [...]

    Does it really make sense to use RISC OS on top of Windows? If I had to dedicate a PC for virtual RISC OS I'd use GNU/Linux.

    Unfortunately, I don't have Windows computers for the sole purpose of
    running VRPC - the PCs aren't 'dedicated' to the task; I have to use them
    for work purposes.

    --
    Vince M Hudd
    Soft Rock Software

    Don't forget to vote in the 2015 RISC OS Awards: www.riscosawards.co.uk/vote2015.html

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  • From John@21:1/5 to Staniorowski on Sat Feb 6 16:36:40 2016
    In article <Zxjty.558259$pB6.403684@fx41.am4>, Krzysztof
    Staniorowski <helloFUCKSPAM@ksx4system.net> wrote:

    Does it really make sense to use RISC OS on top of
    Windows? If I had to dedicate a PC for virtual RISC OS
    I'd use GNU/Linux.

    It can be done by using RPCEmu but, in my limited
    experience of that emulator, it is not nearly as polished
    nor as easy to install as VRPC from Virtual Acorn.

    John

    --
    John
    newsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk
    j dot mccartney atte blueyonder dot co dot uk

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  • From Steve Fryatt@21:1/5 to John on Sat Feb 6 17:05:34 2016
    On 6 Feb, John wrote in message
    <554dbe57c0newsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk>:

    In article <Zxjty.558259$pB6.403684@fx41.am4>, Krzysztof Staniorowski <helloFUCKSPAM@ksx4system.net> wrote:

    Does it really make sense to use RISC OS on top of Windows? If I had to dedicate a PC for virtual RISC OS I'd use GNU/Linux.

    It can be done by using RPCEmu but, in my limited experience of that emulator, it is not nearly as polished nor as easy to install as VRPC from Virtual Acorn.

    I don't know what current versions of VA are like, but I'm finding the
    current RPCEmu + RISC OS 5.23 more stable than post-Iyonix native hardware
    at present.

    --
    Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England

    http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/

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  • From Krzysztof Staniorowski@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 7 07:35:09 2016
    there was 6/2/2016 18:05 when Steve Fryatt wrote:

    On 6 Feb, John wrote in message
    <554dbe57c0newsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk>:

    In article <Zxjty.558259$pB6.403684@fx41.am4>, Krzysztof Staniorowski
    <helloFUCKSPAM@ksx4system.net> wrote:

    Does it really make sense to use RISC OS on top of Windows? If I had to
    dedicate a PC for virtual RISC OS I'd use GNU/Linux.

    It can be done by using RPCEmu but, in my limited experience of that
    emulator, it is not nearly as polished nor as easy to install as VRPC from >> Virtual Acorn.

    I don't know what current versions of VA are like, but I'm finding the current RPCEmu + RISC OS 5.23 more stable than post-Iyonix native hardware
    at present.


    Thanks to Wine emulation layer it's possible to choose between VRPC and RPCEmu. Unfortunately I can't confirm that RPCEmu is more stable than native hardware (Raspberry Pi with 5.23 OS in my case).

    --
    Visit my personal website at https://ksx4system.net :-)

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  • From John@21:1/5 to Fryatt on Sun Feb 7 07:50:11 2016
    In article
    <mpro.o24y4x07u0rkg01xz.news@stevefryatt.org.uk>, Steve
    Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> wrote:
    On 6 Feb, John wrote in message
    <554dbe57c0newsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk>:

    In article <Zxjty.558259$pB6.403684@fx41.am4>,
    Krzysztof Staniorowski <helloFUCKSPAM@ksx4system.net>
    wrote:

    Does it really make sense to use RISC OS on top of
    Windows? If I had to dedicate a PC for virtual RISC
    OS I'd use GNU/Linux.

    It can be done by using RPCEmu but, in my limited
    experience of that emulator, it is not nearly as
    polished nor as easy to install as VRPC from Virtual
    Acorn.

    I don't know what current versions of VA are like, but
    I'm finding the current RPCEmu + RISC OS 5.23 more stable
    than post-Iyonix native hardware at present.

    I can't comment on the stability of RPCEmu because I've
    never got it to point where I could rely on it to be my
    main machine. For me, VRPC is very reliable. Once in a blue
    moon cmos.ram gets corrupted but this is easily recognised
    and corrected.

    Thanks to colleagues in the Midlands User Group, I have
    instructions on how to install it onto Linux. When I find
    the time I shall see how I get on with it but, while I have
    VRPC working well, it will remain an academic exercise.

    John

    --
    John
    newsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk
    j dot mccartney atte blueyonder dot co dot uk

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  • From John Sandford@21:1/5 to Vince M Hudd on Tue Jan 5 15:57:26 2016
    Vince M Hudd <atdotcodotuk@dotcodotukat.co.uk> wrote:

    For as long as I've been using a Start Menu - i.e. since it first appeared
    - mine has had things arranged on it in a sensible hierarchy (and very
    little on the 'Desktop') - although since Windows 8, I've begrudgingly learned to live without it.

    Have a look at True launch Bar ( a bit like menu bar) this can be used to
    give a Start menu all Programs like menu on the taskbar.

    John

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