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#71

Virtualization / Re: What Needs to be done for ...

Last post by Rhetorica - May 26, 2026, 05:16 AM

Yes, just export 44.1 kHz. If someone truly needs to recover the 22050 Hz audio they can always resample it in an editor.

#72

Software / Re: NetSurf for OPENSTEP

Last post by Rhetorica - May 26, 2026, 05:15 AM

Getting another browser working on OPENSTEP has been a holy grail for decades. It's fun writing web pages like we're stuck in 1997 but damn, this is amazing work.  The vintage Mach world will never be the same!

#73

Software / NetSurf for OPENSTEP

Last post by turbolent - May 25, 2026, 09:58 PM

I took some time to get an OPENSTEP-compatible frontend for NetSurf working.

You can find the fork at https://github.com/turbolent/netsurf-openstep. Building requires several dependencies, which are available via https://github.com/turbolent/openstep-pkg

#74

Virtualization / Re: What Needs to be done for ...

Last post by andreas_g - May 25, 2026, 03:51 PM

This makes sense for me too. Volume can be adjusted easily during playback to the recorded data itself. Filters can also be applied and the current low-pass filter does not match real hardware anyway.

But one issue remains: The Soundbox accepts 44,1 and 22,05 kHz audio streams. Depending on setup it performs upsampling of 22,05 kHz data using sample repetition or zero-filling. Probably this step should be taken before saving the sound?

#75

Virtualization / Re: What Needs to be done for ...

Last post by mikeboss - May 25, 2026, 11:33 AM

IMHO it's always better to capture the unmolested data. filters can easily be applied later if desired.

#76

Software / Re: Looking for NeXT Mach, gcc...

Last post by ptek - May 25, 2026, 10:53 AM

or just use:

Code Select Expand

$ basename `pwd`

I think this is the shortest command line. The line I used before the previous post was longer still 

#77

Software / Re: Tutorial:

Last post by ptek - May 25, 2026, 10:50 AM

Can you add Interface Builder™ and Object-Oriented Design in the NeXTStep® 2.0 Environment to the title. I don't know why I forgot that.

#78

Virtualization / Re: What Needs to be done for ...

Last post by andreas_g - May 25, 2026, 08:49 AM

Question on sound recording: At the moment Previous records sound after volume adjustment and the experimental (and not very accurate) low-pass filter is applied. Do we want to keep this behaviour or do we prefer saving sound before these adjustments?

In other words: Better save what is heared from Previous or better save the pure data?

#79

Software / Re: Tutorial:

Last post by Rhetorica - May 25, 2026, 08:32 AM

Not the most useful thread title, but definitely a valuable find.

#80

Software / Tutorial: Interface Builder™ a...

Last post by ptek - May 25, 2026, 07:51 AM

Interface Builder™ and Object-Oriented Design in the NeXTstep® Environment by Michael K. Mahoney

This was available for on the Peanuts-1 CD but the following link converts the .ps to .pdf

https://discmaster.textfiles.com/view/29330/Peanuts-1.iso/Documents/developer/objc/IB_tutorial.ps.gz/IB_tutorial.ps

It seems to be for NS2.0 but should be easy to change for NS3.3/OS4.2. He also co-wrote the free NextStep programming pdf on the Simson site.