From: Skip Tavakkolian <skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com>
To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Early version of Floppy Demo
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 10:50:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJSxfmJh1kK2sKzpfhuQ+nQSXtxyXpvYHT3Y7fvXGg85zP3NjA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <15955234350.79DC0b1.943087@composer.9fans.topicbox.com>
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Going by memory, assuming aux/vga ran, you should be able to type 8-Alt-1-2
to type 8½
You should also be able to start acme or sam instead of 8½.
On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 9:58 AM <will.senn@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an early version of the Plan 9 demo (serial number 0561). I'm using
> 86Box (Socket 7 VX Shuttle HOT-557 Pentium 100) to boot it. It boots, but
> then presents:
>
> root is from (local, il, tcp)[local!#f/fd0disk]:
>
> I press enter
>
> user[none]:
> fs...fs...time...
> init: starting /bin/rc
> /fs 14: serving #s/dos
> Mouse port is (ps2, 0 (called COM1 in DOS), or 1 (called COM2 in DOS)):
>
> I type ps20 (cuz my ps2 mouse is emulated on COM1?)
> bunch of stuff scrolls by and ends with:
>
> init: rc exit status: rc 9:false
>
> init: starting /bin/rc
> term%
>
> Did I provide reasonable responses and how do I start the windows system
> (whoever thought of naming it 8 1/2, by the way?). I can't even type it in
> the console whatever 1/2 character was used :).
>
> Will
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-23 17:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-23 16:57 will.senn
2020-07-23 17:50 ` Skip Tavakkolian [this message]
2020-07-23 19:52 ` [9fans] " will.senn
2020-07-23 20:29 ` Ethan Gardener
2020-07-23 21:33 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2020-07-23 21:59 ` Will Senn
2020-07-23 22:07 ` Ethan Gardener
2020-07-23 22:01 ` Ethan Gardener
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