Re: Apple II Oasis on Vista 32

[Tarkin <Tarkin000@gmail.com>]

On Apr 7, 4:09 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> Tarkin wrote:
> > On Apr 1, 8:53 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> >> When I run Apple II Oasis on my Vista 32 laptop, the window that opens
> >> is just a few percent too small, resulting in scroll bars and even more
> >> loss of screen area.
>
> >> Does anyone know a simple fix, or should I contact its creator?
>
> >> -michael
>
...
> > I think the problem(s) that Vista32 and XP users have
> > relate the useless fanciness that is tacked on to the UI.
> > The very first thing I did/do to my XP comps (and my
> > Vista laptop) was to disable this @#$@#$, so that it
> > resembles W95/98 - no frame decorations, no animations
> > on drag/resize, etc. My original motivation was to
> > reduce CPU & memory on my early XP machines, so that
> > a box would be usable w/ older machines & 128 or 256 megs.
>
> > I just fired up apl24win.exe on my Vista32 laptop, and nothing
> > like you described happened. I can only attribute this to my
> > disabling the 'advanced' UI features in Vista.
>
> You are, no doubt, correct that changes in the GUI have created
> this compatibility problem.
>
> However, I have no desire to make my 2007 laptop look like
> Win95.  ;-)  It is a fast dual-core system with 2GB of RAM,
> so it is quite reasonable to expect some GUI enhancements,
> and very snappy in providing them.
>
> In the early 1990's, I worked for HP, and we had just introduced
> a very fast workstation (for the time).  It was so fast that it
> was possible to drag windows *and their displayed contents* around
> the screen without any lag at all, rather than just showing the
> outline of the window until it stopped moving, as was usual then.
>
> Everyone *immediately* turned on the option to drag the window
> contents, just because it was so snappy to look at--and it didn't
> require any more CPU when the dragging stopped, of course.
>
> I regret the compatibility issue, but I certainly wouldn't turn
> my world upside down to work around it.
>
> I like simple command line interfaces and nice-looking GUIs.  ;-)
>
>
>
> > Anywho, here's how I trim the UI in Vista & XP:
> > right-click on Computer, select 'properties' (bottom of the popup
> > list)
> > On Vista, select "Advanced System Settings" (you will prompted by
> > UAC);
> > on XP, select the 'Advanced' tab
> > You're presented with three boxes - the top one labeled 'Performance'
> > is what we're after here.
> > There are some tabs;  they differ in Vista and XP, but the one I am
> > concerned with exists in both - 'Visual Effects'
> > I deselect ALL of them, with the exception of
> > "show preview filters in files and folder" on Vista".
> > Hit 'Apply'
>
> > Voila! You now have plain-jane 9x-style frames and little or no
> > decoration. I think this improves compatibility with a lot of older
> > programs, and programs written with a minimal/generic win32 interface
> > (i.e. a lot of F/OSS).
>
> Teodor is looking at the problem, so I'm willing to wait.
>
> An occasional update is the price of staying with current technology.
>
> -michael
>


To each their own. :^)

I am a bit of a throwback - I actually like (and prefer)
the look of the MIT Athena Widget set o_O

TTFN,
  Tarkin