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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/19/2021 9:36 AM, Tym Stegner wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 8:28:40 PM UTC-4, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> 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
>> ?

> That is how it's supposed to work.
> 
> However, the 'download' page informs the user that Flash is discontinued, and nothing is downloaded.
> 
> MikeM's above suggestion appears to be the way to go...

I just tried this with FF 88.0.1:
* got page with embedded SWF
* view source
* save link on SWF URL
and then open SWF with standalone player.

It worked.

Arne