Re: NetSurf on Virtual Acorn

On 26 Jan at 1:04, "Alan & Sally" <jared.r@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have Virtual Acorn on my Mac G5 running OS 10.5.8. The RISC OS in VA
> is 4.39.
>
> Netsurf 2.9 runs nicely on this set up but I have had no luck with any
> of the later development versions. I have just downloaded 3.0 Dev #833
> with the same result.
>
> The problem is that all the recent versions don't connect to the
> internet. The message I get is "Resolving timed out after 30000
> milliseconds." The settings are the same ones that 2.9 is using, so I
> am at a loss with what to do. Has any one got a fix for this?
>
> The development versions all run well on my Risc PC under OS 3.5. So
> the problem seems to be specific to VA and the development versions on
> the Mac.

I have the same problem with RISC OS 6.2 on a Mac OS 10.8.2. My guess
is that the modules are not up to date but I have yet to look into it.

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