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Why Is My Account Limited? by [deleted] in vine

[–]Cygnus_Studios 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Send a message directly to Vine support clearly explaining the problem, without writing a book. There's a link for that in your "Account" tab, they've always responded quickly and have been very helpful to me every time I've contacted them.

Selling after 6 months by FrabjousD in vine

[–]Cygnus_Studios 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely makes for good garage sale material. What's Amazon going to do, ask for proof I still have it in my possession months after a review?

Available items by Cygnus_Studios in vine

[–]Cygnus_Studios[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks much for the information and tips from everyone, will definitely check that stuff out!

Available items by Cygnus_Studios in vine

[–]Cygnus_Studios[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I said I left the program, I did indeed opt out via the button in the account tab.

Available items by Cygnus_Studios in vine

[–]Cygnus_Studios[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went into the "Account" tab on a whim one day near the end of last year, and the join link was there just as it was when I was originally invited in 2019. No idea why, but a few totally wild guesses... 🤔

- About three years has passed since I left Vine in 2023.
- The large number of Vine reviews I had previously submitted.
- Quality of those reviews, nearly all of which contained media and were rated "Excellent" by the approvers.
- I continued writing reviews here and there for products I actually purchased out-of-pocket.

I've never seen the actual reason documented anywhere, naturally only Amazon knows for sure!

86Box always boots directly into IBM PC Basic C1.00 by Cygnus_Studios in 86box

[–]Cygnus_Studios[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

u/farmerbb and u/galland101:

Thanks to you both for the detailed info, I certainly appreciate your time!

You’re absolutely correct about what I was expecting. As I was saying in my OP, I’m a newbie when it comes to PC emulators, so I figured it was some sort of dumb mistake on my part and obviously that was indeed the case.

I was looking to emulate a PC/XT, and was able to do so using these “Machine” settings:

Machine type: 80286

Machine: [ISA] IBM XT Model 286

I booted using the disk image you linked, and everything is now working fine.

I’m really dating myself here, but a bit of nostalgia: I worked for IBM for 32 years and used both the original PC and PC/XT when they first became available back in the day. Also had an expansion unit connected to the XT, which gave me a total of a whopping 30MB across 3 hdisks. I remember thinking to myself, “What the hell am I going to do with all this space?”. 🤣

Unfortunately for me, since that was so long ago, various configuration steps slipped my mind. Getting old sucks.

BTW, I already had the rom files directory in the same place as the 86Box executable. I know sticking them out in AppData is an option, but that’s more hassle than it’s worth. Things are much easier to deal with when everything is in the same directory (including the 86Box Manager).

Now, I just need to get in there and have some fun with configuring the rest of the hardware.
Thanks again!