On Friday 31 August 2001 13:11, you wrote:
> Re: [plex86] Can't compile Plex86
> Date:
> Fri, 31 Aug 2001 13:03:45 -0400
> From:
> Drew Northup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To:
> Colin Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> References:
> 1 , 2 , 3
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> I tried to add the CVS updates, but last I knew the php code for the
> site was still broken. I worked with Wouter to possibly patch it, but
> nothing has happened yet--and I don't have ftp write access, so I can't
> fix it.
>
Hi Drew,
Funny thing, I have ftp access. If Kevin doesn't mind, perhaps we could work
on this together and get something done. I wouldn't do anything without
Kevin's explicit go-ahead, though. What do you say, Kevin?
Colin
> Colin Davidson wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > On Thursday 30 August 2001 13:34, you wrote:
> > > Le 30 Ao�t 2001 03:57, vous avez �crit :
> > > > Hello!
> > > >
> > > > Before I start, I just want to say that I am a *total* newbie to
> > > > Plex86 and this mailinglist.
> > >
> > > Welcome!
> > >
> > > > Anyway, I downloaded (does the plex86 site actually get updated?):
> > >
> > > Good point, there should be an update to the website, at least to say
> > > that the project is still alive... And it made some fantastic progress
> > > since May.
> >
> > If anyone wants a more recent tarball, you can look at:
> > "ftp:/ftp.plex86.org". Under the directory "source-tarballs" there is a
> > snapshot of the last CVS checkout that I was able to compile. It's much
> > more recent than the May Alpha, but starting to get a little dated. I
> > asked the Webmasters to link to this when I started maintaining
> > snapshots, but nothing happened. *sigh*. Kevin asked me to maintain these
> > tarballs, which I am doing whenever the top of the CVS repo compiles (it
> > doesn't right now).
> >
> > > > plex86-2001-0302-1106.tar.gz
> > > > bochs-2000_0325a.tar.gz
> > >
> > > I don't know about Bochs, but Plex86 has changed a lot since then...
> > > You'll be happier with the CVS
> > >
> > > [snip compile log]
> > > There is obviously a file #included twice. Rewind. Try the CVS version.
> > >
> > > > I want to use Plex86 ASAP to play Age of Empires in Linux.
> > > > Does anyone know why it doesn't compile?
> > >
> > > Yeouch! I'm not sure AT ALL you'll be able to use Plex86 with AoE right
> > > now. Your best bet is with Wine, I guess... You can still try using
> > > Plex86, and if it ever works, send some screenshots! That would be
> > > really great to put on the website! Remember, Plex86 is currently VGA,
> > > and Windows 98 incompatible.
> >
> > Are you sure about the Win98 incompatibility? I thought Willow put in a
> > patch for that a while back. The main problem is lack of support for disk
> > partitions and the impracticality of creating a Win98 disk image (*big*)
> > as well as the illegality of distributing same. Anyway, AoE (and most
> > other games) requires DirectX, which is most definitely NOT supported for
> > VGA only displays, so even if Win98 would run, George still couldn't run
> > AoE under Plex86.
> >
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > George
> > >
> > > EL
