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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE-CH link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Two different Oberon versions are running on my PC (Windows 7)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>- ETH: Plugin Oberon for Windows Win32 2.5 (18.12.2010) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>- Linz: Oberon for Windows V4.0-2.3<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I did not test these version on Windows 8.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>If the first is not running on your Windows 8.1, you might try the other one </span></font><font size=2 face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>J</span></font><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><a href="ftp://ftp.ssw.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/Oberon/">ftp://ftp.ssw.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/Oberon/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>br<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Jörg<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=DE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:bold'>Von:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=DE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> John R. Strohm [mailto:strohm@airmail.net] <br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Gesendet:</span></b> Sonntag, 26. Juli 2015 21:14<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>An:</span></b> Oberon@lists.inf.ethz.ch<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Betreff:</span></b> [Oberon] Windows 8.1<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Does anyone have the appropriate set of magickal incantations necessary to get Oberon running under Microsoft Windows 8.1?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>I have the old Windows Plugin version running under Windows 7 Home, by running it in NT 4 compatibility mode. (Without compatibility mode, it would start, opening the desktop, but the directories weren’t mapped properly, so most files couldn’t be found.) It won’t even open the desktop on 8.1, at all. Windows 8.1 Home (presumably) never heard of NT compatibility mode.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Or is it time to abandon hope of running Oberon on Windows, and build a Linux box?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>--John R. Strohm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>