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@kly @dosnostalgic aaaand now you got me wanting to set up win9x on 86box just to try that

25 Aug 2023 at 0:35 | Wall-to-wall | Open on equestria.social
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Anatoly Shashkin💾

@vinesnfluff @kly Try it. On a clean install it should do no such thing.

25 Aug 2023 at 1:14 | Open on mastodon.social
Jernej Simončič �

@dosnostalgic @vinesnfluff @kly It's been years, but IIRC, if you boot to MS-DOS mode, run win to start Windows, then select Shut Down, it'll have a prompt behind the "It's safe to shut down" screen (and you can run cls to actually see it). If you boot Windows normally, there's no prompt.

25 Aug 2023 at 7:08 | Open on infosec.exchange
Count Regal Inkwell

@dosnostalgic @kly Well paint me purple and call me "Twilight", it actually works.

The process goes:
Load Windows -> Exit to DOS mode -> Load windows again -> Shut down -> When in the screen just do "cls"-enter and this happens
26 Aug 2023 at 21:41 | Open on equestria.social
Count Regal Inkwell

@dosnostalgic @kly PS this was a clean install. Or, cleanish. I did install the drivers needed to get sound/graphics properly out of 86box, cuz if I was setting this up, I might as well have it ready to screw around with some gaems.

26 Aug 2023 at 21:43 | Open on equestria.social
Count Regal Inkwell

@dosnostalgic @kly Bonus: If you type 'win' instead of 'cls' it goes back to windows.

A blank screen with an old windows 95 pattern and a mouse cursor in the middle.
26 Aug 2023 at 21:44 | Open on equestria.social
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