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How to set up a Windows VM with Vagrant

Create your VM

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Obtain a windows vm from Modern IE.

Win 8 OSX

curl -O -L "https://www.modern.ie/vmdownload?platform=mac&virtPlatform=virtualbox&browserOS=IE10-Win8.1&parts=5&filename=VMBuild_20131127/VirtualBox/IE10_Win8/Mac/IE10.Win8.For.MacVirtualBox.part{1.sfx,2.rar,3.rar,4.rar,5.rar}"

Setup modern.ie vagrant boxes

Since modern.ie released vagrant boxes, it' no longer necessary to manually import the ova file to virtualbox, as mentioned here.

However, the guys at modern.ie didn't configured the box to work with WinRM. This how-to addresses that, presenting steps to proper repackage these boxes, adding WinRM support. Additionally configures chocolatey package manager and puppet provisioner.

Pre-requisites

Colours in terminal

It's a common confusion about terminal colours... Actually we have this:

plain ascii
ansi escape codes (16 colour codes with bold/italic and background)
256 colour palette (216 colours + 16 ansi + 24 gray) (colors are 24bit)
24bit true colour ("888" colours (aka 16 milion))

printf "\x1b[${bg};2;${red};${green};${blue}m\n"

Introduction

C-a == Ctrl-a
M-a == Alt-a

General

:q        close
:w        write/saves
:wa[!]    write/save all windows [force]
:wq       write/save and close

	#!/usr/bin/env coffee
	#
	# Animation script for HQZ.
	# Micah Elizabeth Scott <[email protected]>
	# Creative Commons BY-SA license:
	# http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
	#
	# Output: https://youtu.be/j5E9JCgbI0I
	# Tool: https://github.com/scanlime/zenphoton/tree/master/hqz
	#

	#!/bin/bash
	#===============================================================================
	#
	# FILE: iso2wbfs
	#
	# USAGE: ./iso2wbfs [option] FILE... [wbfs directory]
	#
	# DESCRIPTION: Uses wit to convert one or more Wii ISO into a WBFS file
	# properly named for use on non-WBFS partitions.
	#

	lines with $ are commands

	### install mkvtoolnix:

	$ brew install mkvtoolnix

	### list content of the mkv-file:
	$ mkvmerge -i mymoviefile.mkv

	### what will give you:

	#
	# SIXEL color graphics DEMO
	#
	# xterm pl#301 with --enable-sixel-graphics option
	# gnuplot with --with-bitmap-terminals option
	#
	# Now the color palette of xterm VT-340 mode is limited to 16.
	# If you want to change it to 256, apply the following patch.
	# https://gist.github.com/saitoha/7822989/raw/20727b88f0f826bfcb9d644907944b29a456b67f/graphics.c.diff
	#

	require 'midi-winmm'

	class Numeric
	def to_hex
	"%02x" % self
	end
	end

	class String
	def to_hex

	#include <gb/gb.h>
	#include "fade.h"

	UWORD FadePalette[32] = {
	RGB(30,0,0), RGB(0,30,0), RGB(0,0,30), RGB(0,0,0)
	};

	void Fade(UWORD *org_p, FadeDirection direction, FadeColor color, UWORD speed)
	{
	UBYTE i,x;