Eighty One and Windows 8

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Bill H
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Eighty One and Windows 8

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If no one has tested it yet, I just did and EightyOne runs just fine under Windows 8. I was even able to pin it to the Metro interface, though it will kick over to the desktop to run. I had to run 1st time as an administrator and go through all of the "do you trust this software" prompts the first time but not afterwards.

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Cool! That's good to know :D
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Learned that Jeff Vavasour's ts1000-c will not run under windows 7 (it is 16 bit) but will run under windows 8 (they brought back 16 bit support) - but it will not run all the way cause you can not do full screen in the windows 8 desktop :(

I always liked this emulator, always seemed to be the closest one to the real thing
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Another way to run DOS programs (ts1000 & Xtender) is to use DOS-BOX. I'm doing with under Windows XP and under Linux. Should work the same under other versions of Windows.

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swensont wrote:Another way to run DOS programs (ts1000 & Xtender) is to use DOS-BOX. I'm doing with under Windows XP and under Linux. Should work the same under other versions of Windows.

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I just verified that DosBox will runder Windows 8 on the dexktop so TS1000-c.exe also runs there!

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Figured out a simple solution to remembering how TS1000-c.exe maps the keyboard and what keys do what:

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I took an old bad membrane, used a hair dryer to seperate the printed layer, trimed the keys and krazy glued them to the keyboard.

:)

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Classic!!
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It wasn't till afterwards that I thought I should have done it to a USB keyboard :)
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Crazy stuff! 8-)

At last, a real use for those worn-out or broken membranes :D

:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Bill H wrote:Figured out a simple solution to remembering how TS1000-c.exe maps the keyboard and what keys do what:

I took an old bad membrane, used a hair dryer to seperate the printed layer, trimed the keys and krazy glued them to the keyboard.

:)

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OMG! That picture just put a big smile on my face!!!! :D The fact that you used a "real" membrane keyboard and didn't just photocopy a picture just proves how "hard core" you are! :lol:
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