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Help using MachTen
Knezzen:
Classilla as well as every version of Netscape that runs on Mac OS 9 and earlier supports gopher. Just put gopher://gopher.floodgap.com in your address bar and fire away :)
MigMac:
--- Quote from: emendelson on September 24, 2024, 09:49:09 AM ---But are there any instructions for downloading it from Mac OS 9? Are there instructions for setting up a gopher proxy in Classilla? Probably there are, and I'm simply incapable of finding them, and will be very grateful for any help.
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As Knezzen said, Classilla ...you can also enjoy the old OS experience with Turbogopher, simple and fast: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/turbogopher
emendelson:
Aha! Yes, it works! I got confused because the link in message #6 up above doesn't work in Classilla. I think it should be:
gopher://gopher.floodgap.com:70/9/gopher/clients/mac/carl-machten-414.tarz
If this is right, could a moderator change the link in that message?
emendelson:
--- Quote from: Knezzen on September 23, 2024, 06:45:17 AM ---Alright, I got it working. Typical BSD stuff, putting it into rc.local solved the "start when MachTen starts" issue.
I put this:
--- Code: ---$ECHO "Starting Crypto Ancienne and Carl - TLS for the Internet of Old Things"
/usr/cryanc/micro_inetd 8765 /usr/cryanc/carl -p &
--- End code ---
Just above this:
--- Code: ---$ECHO "Local configuration finished."
--- End code ---
In my rc.local file which can be found in the folder MachTen 4.1.4 --> MachTen_HFS --> etc. Remember that you need to change the paths in the example above to wherever you have carl and micro_inetd installed, I just happen to have them in /usr/cryanc.
Now copy the MachTen alias into your System Folder --> Startup Items.
when you reboot your machine, MachTen it will start carl after startup without the need to login and start it manually.
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Well, that absolutely works! Thank you! I made the mistake of editing the rc.local file with SimpleText, which destroyed it, but I reinstalled and edited the file with vi and that worked perfectly. Many thanks! (As you said, I needed to adjust the paths to match my setup.)
Now, one further question, and I hope this isn't being selfish:
Is it possible to close or hide the MachTen console window after it runs those commands? That would make the experience absolutely seamless. Maybe this is too much to ask?
Knezzen:
Ah, yes. SimpleText probably destroys something. Editing the file with BBEdit worked fine for me, but vi or eMacs or Nedit from within MachTen works fine of course :)
I’m not sure if there’s some trickery within finder to start an application hidden. Someone else might have an answer.
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