Re: Virtual Acorn and UAC

[John Sandford]

Vince M Hudd <atdotc...@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

[Vince M Hudd]

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

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[Krzysztof Staniorowski]

Vince M Hudd wrote:

> John Sandford <li...@thesandfords.me.uk> wrote:
>> Vince M Hudd <atdotc...@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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[Vince M Hudd]

Krzysztof Staniorowski <helloF...@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.

[John]

In article <Zxjty.558259$pB6.4...@fx41.am4>, Krzysztof

Staniorowski <helloF...@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

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John
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[Steve Fryatt]

On 6 Feb, John wrote in message
<554dbe57...@blueyonder.co.uk>:

> In article <Zxjty.558259$pB6.4...@fx41.am4>, Krzysztof Staniorowski
> <helloF...@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.

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Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England

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

[Krzysztof Staniorowski]

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).

[John]

In article
<mpro.o24y4x07...@stevefryatt.org.uk>, Steve

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.