In message <Xj6myACMR6WkFwb+@this.machine> at Wed, 10 May 2023 15:03:56,
Bryan Morris <***@this.machine> writes
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Post by Bryan Morristhere is also a Turnpike Directory with just another PGP and a WS_FTP
WS_FTP is dated 28/12/2011 there is also a tiny log.txt dated 2002 in
the C:/Turnpike
I'm guessing that might be the last time you used WS_FTP (-: [If you're
like I was, you had the full version of WS_FTP, as that actually came
with one iteration of Turnpike, and continued to be valid - OK, it
wasn't y2k compliant, but worked if you kept that in mind. I forget what
advantage it had over the free version of WS_FTP. I had both versions -
I forget why; the shortcut buttons within Turnpike were more or less the
same logo, other than one had a black area the other white. (FWIW I am
now using FileZilla for the little FTP I do - up/downloading files to my
website, which I do rarely, mainly to use it to exchange files with
people like using DropBox and similar but without imposing lots of
script on people I'm "sending" files to - but any of the common free FTP
clients would suffice.)]
Post by Bryan MorrisI WAS thinking of copying the D:/Turnpike Directory to the new computer
program files and putting the WS_FTP in it. The ICACLS would then point
to that. Would that work?
BTW on this ancient PC, by modern standards, both hard discs are minute
C: is 19 GB and D: is 9.49 GB
Wow, that _is_ tiny! By modern standards, as you say. But as TP can't
handle news/mail files over, IIRR, 4 GB, a 10 GB one should more than
suffice.
Post by Bryan MorrisHaven't made a partition since the last century :(
You said in your other email that you're now swatting [I think you meant
swotting (-:!] up on how to do it. There's a built-in tool that comes
with 7 and above that should be more than you need. (The free EaseUS one
has a user interface that's almost identical to the built-in one, should
you find you need it.) To create a D: on a drive that only has a C:,
you'll need to firstly shrink C:, then create D: in the (what will then
be unallocated) space thus released. You may have to reboot at each
stage. The main thing (in my experience) the built-in partition manager
can't do is shrink C: below about half its current size, as it places
some "unmovable" files at the half way point; if you're only making a
tiny D: for use only with Turnpike, you shouldn't encounter that
problem. (The EaseUS one gets round it somehow - I neither know nor care
how it does; I presume it moves the "unmovable" files.) I generally work
with a tiny C: (50G on here) and the rest D:, with my OS and all
installed software on the C:, and all my data on D: (apart from a little
where some softwares insist on using C:, or I haven't bothered arguing
with them to make them use D:); I have different backup strategies for
the two - I image C: (using Macrium, for which I have a mini-CD I can
boot from if the system won't boot), and basically just copy D:. That's
my approach, though - YMMV.
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Post by Bryan MorrisPost by J. P. Gilliverothers did), and a restart cured it. But, touch wood, the fault seems
to have gone away again - it's been OK for 2 days 2 hours (that
how-long-I've-been-connected box in TP is useful after all!) - so I
may not need to worry.
Post by Bryan MorrisOK printing all this out, Computer from Ebay should arrive Wednesday so
at the weekend hope it's up and running. Worst thing ATM is that I can't
use browsers because most websites are now https so I can't click links
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Post by Bryan MorrisPost by J. P. Gilliver(You've clarified with others that it's not actually Turnpike that
doesn't recognise them, but the very old browsers your old OS can use.)
Yes, in truth Turnpike is perfectly happy running here on Windows 2000
but browsers aren't
There's something rather satisfying about using old software, isn't
there! I guess it's similar to running a vintage/veteran car, or piece
of machinery, but without the guilt of fuel inefficiency. (Though my car
is 56 plate, so - what's that? - coming up to 17 years old. But I still
think of it as modern!) And OS too - I never had 2000, but ran XP long
after end of support, and am still using 7 (and a 32-bit version at
that) - and with tweakers that make it look like earlier versions (e. g.
lines rather than triangles in explorer windows).
Actually, TP's not the only s/w that I use that will only work under
32-bit: not sure about panorama32 (wallpaper changer), but EZdesk (icon
position rememberer), and XTree Gold! (I mainly use to occasionally see
what's going on in areas the OS is deceptive about, but also the easiest
way I have of changing timestamps on files, not that I do that often. I
also use its in-built editor to maintain my quotes file - I could of
course use notepad, but the XTG one has a size limit of just under 64K,
which helps keep my quotes file fresh: I have to decide what to delete
when I want to add one.)
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)***@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
Find out what works. Then do it. That's my system. I'm always surprised it
isn't more popular. - Scott Adams, 2015