aol and beos

[jak]

got a quick ?. can i access my aol account w/out using waol? i would love to use beos its jut that i can access the internet cause aol won't work w/ dial up access. anything i can do?
much appreciated
jak

[BFlurie]

Fraid not. Waol is Windows AOL & Maol is MacIntosh AOL. Just isn't written for BeOS. Might ask the question at the AOL message boards, but their quality has deteriorated.
From the AOL address bar:

aol://5863:126/mBLA:444619



[This message has been edited by BFlurie (edited 03-25-2001).]

[jak]

what if i ran an apple II emulator in beos then ran aol in that, the version for macs. is apple II too old for aol?

[BFlurie]

Your questions are beyond my experience, but you could certainly experiment w/a Mac or Windows emulator running in BeOS & see if it would run AOL. My experience is that AOL is shakey running in Windoz, let alone in an emulator, so don't expect much.

[This message has been edited by BFlurie (edited 03-26-2001).]

[jak]

has anyone used bebochs? if i have beos pe can i make bebochs run off my original windows so i dont have to reinstall windows in beos for bebochs? this is proly the only way to get aol to work isn't it.
jak

[jak]

ok so bebochs wont run off the existing windows partition, now the next prob. if i install a minimal install of windows me in bebochs under beos ill run aol from within the emulator, if running a internet connection under the emulator will that let beos access the internet? jsut like starting up aol then using explorer for the web. or since its a "extra system" within the system will that screw things up? i hope i got my message across, ill reward if ur confused.
ill thank u later
jak

[jak]

am i just being wierd here, like going through to much trouble jsut to get something small done. should ijust stick with windows and forget about beos? i dunno what im gonna do, been thinking bought linux but i dunno, someone tell me what to do!!!!!!!
thanks
jak http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif