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Windows 3.1 Online - With Minesweeper

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Re: Windows 3.1 Online - With Minesweeper

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Pardon my ignorance (hope I'm not kicked out of HN), but how does this work? Is there a server? Is it pure Javascript? Clueless...

It's mostly Javascript and good ol' html/css. You can browse the source of the site with your web browser and check out all the JS goodness. There has to be a server to host the site, but I don't think it plays any other major role.

Re: Windows 3.1 Online - With Minesweeper

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post #40

Pardon my ignorance (hope I'm not kicked out of HN), but how does this work? Is there a server? Is it pure Javascript? Clueless...

It's mostly Javascript and good ol' html/css. You can browse the source of the site with your web browser and check out all the JS goodness. There has to be a server to host the site, but I don't think it plays any other major role.

Thanks! (I realized after my submission that asking if there is a server is way too ignorant...)

Re: Windows 3.1 Online - With Minesweeper

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post #39
post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tried "ls", used to Cygwin.

I always try ls even when I'm on the real windows terminal, and I suffer each time it happens. Fortunately it's a rare event.

One of the first things I do on a new windows box is put a batch file called ls.bat in a directory in my path that just calls dir!

Re: Windows 3.1 Online - With Minesweeper

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post #46
post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I always try ls even when I'm on the real windows terminal, and I suffer each time it happens. Fortunately it's a rare event.

One of the first things I do on a new windows box is put a batch file called ls.bat in a directory in my path that just calls dir!

First thing I do is install Cygwin.

Re: Windows 3.1 Online - With Minesweeper

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post #47
post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of the first things I do on a new windows box is put a batch file called ls.bat in a directory in my path that just calls dir!

First thing I do is install Cygwin.

Ah, so I'm not the only one experiencing suffering when having to use Windows. :)

Recently learned about AndLinux [1] and CoLinux [2] -- running a Linux kernel atop Windows. Didn't use it yet but looks promising.

[1] http://www.andlinux.org/ [2] http://www.colinux.org/

Re: Windows 3.1 Online - With Minesweeper

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post #46
post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I always try ls even when I'm on the real windows terminal, and I suffer each time it happens. Fortunately it's a rare event.

One of the first things I do on a new windows box is put a batch file called ls.bat in a directory in my path that just calls dir!

I tend to drop windows ports of a bunch of unix command line utils somewhere in my PATH

http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/

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