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   Nicholas Boel to Paul Quinn   
   smapinntpd   
   24 Nov 18 07:44:48   
   
   Hello,   
      
   On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 10:05:42 +1000, Paul Quinn -> Nicholas Boel wrote:   
      
    PQ> For the guest Windows system.  The stock Win98se driver would only give   
    PQ> 640x480 resolution, maximum.  On my two Win98se systems, each was using   
    PQ> a different SVGA driver providing 1024x768.  Much, much better (I have   
    PQ> screen capture videos showing such).   
      
   So with this being said, are you referring to Win98se's display *before* VBox   
   is even involved? If so, then it's probably not an issue with VBox itself.   
   Otherwise, If it only happens in VBox, you can probably try to use the built   
   in default drivers in VBox settings.   
      
    PQ> The wildcat 'beta' type on the Fido vBox got rejected in a recent vBox   
    PQ> update, and turned into a roiling blackhole from which nothing   
    PQ> radiated... not even light.  The other didn't have trouble and still   
    PQ> runs great, but I found through early experimentation that it neither   
    PQ> will run DOS programs in a window nor full-screen.   
      
   VBox or Win98se?   
      
    PQ> Yes.  Tell me about your gaming.  Are you doing any ARMA 3?  (I'm   
    PQ> seriously following the ShackTac boys.)  And, am liking the Star Citizen   
    PQ> stuff (especially the 'Con' demo vids).   
      
   To be honest I haven't done much of that either. I skipped this year's Call of   
   Duty release due to the fact that PC gaming is dying as far as when a new game   
   like that comes out, you get like 2-3 months of solid activity and then it   
   gets hard to find a match. So not really worth the money spent these days   
   unless you have a console. I can't bring myself to use a controller on FPS   
   games though, and don't really want to spend the money on a mouse and keyboard   
   setup for the PS4 that I may rarely use.   
      
   I've still played PUBG (PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds) when I can, since I   
   don't think that game will ever get boring. ;)   
      
    PQ> Yes, I'm looking forward to being able to have another server for Björn   
    PQ> to advertise.  That's something else that FMail failed at.   
      
   I thought the whole point of this was *not* to use a "swiss army knife" BBS   
   software? I mean whatever works for you of course, and I know you've used   
   Mystic for quite some time, so obviously the comfort level is there for you.   
      
    PQ> I had some bad luck with the Husky stuff in its _early_ days and I've   
    PQ> developed a cringe attitude to HPT.  I eventually got the nodelist and   
    PQ> diff-handling working but had real strife with its TIC & echomail but   
    PQ> even then it required that I invest in some DOS voodoo to settle the   
    PQ> beast.  :)   
      
   All the software is there, you just have to write batch files or scripts to   
   use them in a way that works for you obviously. Not sure how much DOS voodoo   
   you would need, as I thought all, or most of your VMs were Linux based?   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
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