[Info-vax] FLASH ! Questions about C7000 and blades

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/18/2021 4:30 PM, Michael Moroney wrote:
> On 5/18/2021 2:09 PM, David Turner wrote:
>> Well I sent up a laptop with Ubuntu 18 and installed the flash plugin. 
>> Worked when testing on the flash test site easily found out there
>> Thing is, flash on Linux always seems to be buggy. ALways had problems 
>> with it on Debian based boxes.
>> It didn't work for him
> 
> Similar to Tym's NT box, a workaround I've heard about (but never tried) 
> is to locate an older version of Firefox or something from one of the 
> bitsavers type websites as well as a Flash kit, disconnect from the net 
> and install the ancient browser and Flash. You can't let it access the 
> net else it'll update the browser to the latest Flash-free version and 
> uninstall Flash.

I do not know much about Flash and nothing about these devices.

But I believe that Flash works like:
- HTML page reference Flash URL
- browser download Flash and activate Flash plugin

So would it be possible to:
- go top the web page with a new browser without Flash plugin
- download the Flash file manual
- open the Flash file with a standalone Flash player
?

Arne