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I discovered a wonderful hack that likely would allow me to run Windows 2 on my vintage Apricot PC Xi before the New Year.

Quick recap: Apricot PC is a British computer from 1983, not compatible with the IBM PC. It had a Windows 1 port, but not Windows 2, and thus couldn't run Word, Excel, or Illustrator. With a bit of driver-writing, I managed to start Windows 2 on it, but my video driver is rudimentary and cannot be used for practical purposes. Windows video drivers are super-complicated, so I was fully expecting to spend over a month writing one (at least there are docs for everything!)

But I just discovered a way to run Windows 2 with Windows 1 video drivers. So if I had a Windows 1 driver for Apricot, I could use it in Windows 2. Of course, it's never that simple...

Find the difference between Windows 2 with Win1 driver and Windows 2 with the real Win2 driver - both are EGA 640x350!

🧵 thread with a few more screenshots and pointers

Windows 2 running in Dosbox - showing MS-DOS Executive file manager and Solitaire. Except it uses Windows 1 video driverWindows 2 running in Dosbox in EGA monochrome mode - the fonts look decisively different from a previous screenshot. This is a real Windows 2 with Windows 2 video driver
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More good news for the shortest day

In July Helsinki marked an entire year without a single traffic death. The Finnish capital, which has a population of 690,000, achieved the feat through lower speed limits, improved street design and investing in pedestrian and cycling infrastructure. More than half of Helsinki’s streets have a speed limit of 30km/h (18-19mph) and roads have been narrowed with trees.

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“If Israel Gets To Undermine Our Rights, Then We Get To Undermine Israel”

by Caitlin Johnstone in Caitlin’s Newsletter on Substack

@palestine@fedibird.comPalestine_Group
@Palestine@masto.aiPalestine فلسطين :verified:
@palestine@lemmy.ml

“Turn about is fair play. These freaks don’t get to stomp out our rights and poison our society for the advancement of the most evil agendas in the world and then expect zero resistance or opposition to this. That is not a thing”

open.substack.com/pub/caitlinj

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M.2SSDを一般市民に取り付けさせる訳にはいかなかったのでSSDをmicroSDの形にした結果がアレであり故にSSDと同じ値段感になっているのだ

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“If Israel Gets To Undermine Our Rights, Then We Get To Undermine Israel”

by Caitlin Johnstone in Caitlin’s Newsletter on Substack

@palestine@fedibird.comPalestine_Group
@Palestine@masto.aiPalestine فلسطين :verified:
@palestine@lemmy.ml

“Turn about is fair play. These freaks don’t get to stomp out our rights and poison our society for the advancement of the most evil agendas in the world and then expect zero resistance or opposition to this. That is not a thing”

open.substack.com/pub/caitlinj

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