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#61

Off Topic / oldbeige.net: archive.org prox...

Last post by Rhetorica - May 08, 2026, 07:44 AM

Saw this on Reddit today. Seemed like this was the best place to put it. Will add a link on the INDeX, also! A site that doesn't support HTTPS—truly, a web project after my own heart. 💜

In its creator's words:

OldBeige.net is a free download archive for vintage computers. It exists to solve a frustrating problem: most modern abandonware sites require HTTPS with TLS 1.2 or higher, which simply did not exist when Internet Explorer 4 or Netscape Navigator 4 were written. As a result, these vintage browsers cannot connect to the very sites that host software for the very machines they run on.

OldBeige.net acts as a friendly middleman. It runs on a modern server that can speak modern HTTPS to the Internet Archive, fetches what you ask for, and serves it back to your vintage browser over plain HTTP that any period-correct machine can handle.

Visit it directly at http://oldbeige.net

It will include NeXT software in its search results if you choose "all software" as the category.

Source (originally posted by u/zombienerd1 in r/retrocomputing)

#62

Off Topic / Re: Why Objective-C

Last post by jeffburg - May 08, 2026, 07:21 AM

I was perusing this link in @ptek 's footer... its a really cool information resource. And it too has an article "Why Objective-C" so I thought I would drop it in here:

Q: Why did NeXT choose Objective-C rather than C++?

A: NeXT chose Objective-C over C++ for several reasons:

1) We wanted a language which represented the smallest perturbation to the C language, to make it easier for programmers to learn. In our opinion, C++ was a significantly major change to the C language compared to Objective-C, which adds only a few new constructs to C.

2) At the time we made the decision, C++ did not support run-time binding, and this lack greatly reduces the advantages of taking an object-oriented approach. With run-time binding, you need not know the details of the object to which you're sending a message. This supports modularity and reusability of code, and is essential for a true object-oriented programming environment. See Chapter Two of the Brad Cox book (Object-Oriented Programming: An Evolutionary Approach; Addison-Wesley, 1987) for a fuller description of these issues.

3) C++ does not support dynamic loading of objects, once again a key feature necessary in order to take full advantage of the power of Interface Builder.

QA342

http://www.next.com/NeXTanswers/HTMLFiles/1442.htmld/1442.html

[Info Panel]

#63

Software / Re: Switching Between Windows

Last post by ptek - May 08, 2026, 03:39 AM

  You are correct tygre, that only moves the window above or below which is also useful sometimes when you are trying to copy or type something and you can't read the text properly.  You may have to keyboard bang and hope you find the combination.

It seems on the Keyboard app:

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/NextDeveloper/Demos/Keyboard.app/Keyboard
That when you open the Info Panel and click on the app icon or the author's name it changes the app icon to a .tiff of the author.

#64

General Discussion / Re: Lisa UI

Last post by ptek - May 08, 2026, 03:33 AM

It would be awesome if InfiniteMac could be updated to have a Lisa OS as well https://infinitemac.org

It would also be nice if that site listed NS3.1, NS3.2, NS3.3 and Rhapsody DR releases. Nice site though.

#65

General Discussion / Re: Lisa UI

Last post by jeffburg - May 08, 2026, 02:23 AM

It would be awesome if InfiniteMac could be updated to have a Lisa OS as well https://infinitemac.org

#66

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

Last post by jeffburg - May 08, 2026, 02:20 AM

OMG!

#67

Software / Re: Switching Between Windows

Last post by jeffburg - May 08, 2026, 02:18 AM

As far as I can remember, Next did not implement Command Tab to switch apps the way Mac OS X does. However, that still would not help you as you want to switch Windows in the same App. In Mac OS X this is Command (⌘) + Tick (`). However, I highly doubt Next implemented this considering they don't even implement Command Tab.

#68

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

Last post by ZombiePhysicist - May 07, 2026, 08:22 PM

OMG OMG OMG

HURRAY!

Now do all 4!

#69

Software / Re: Switching Between Windows

Last post by tygre - May 07, 2026, 04:13 PM

Hi @ptek !

Thanks for the keyboard shortcuts, but they don't do exactly what "Alt+TAB" would do in Windows. They cycle through the windows, bringing the different windows to the front one after the other, but they don't change the focus: the same application keeps the focus, still requiring a mouse click...

Or am I missing something

Cheers!

[EDIT: (07-May-2026)]

#70

Software / Re: LatinByrdIII community lic...

Last post by ptek - May 07, 2026, 05:13 AM

Hi.

  This key "Aek@-SFP^-yBpU-dZ6M-JpYQ-]upc" does not work for me with NS3.3 running in VirtualBox as shown in screen shot.

EDIT: (07-May-2026) This has been solved as I didn't put the dash between "SFP^" and "yBPU". The serial key works.