Re: OT: Old Computer Games (Was: Weekly Vocab #1.1.3 (repost #1))

Hi!

It seems you're all more confident than I am.  Maybe I am indeed too
pessimistic.  Thanks for the links, will try the stuff out.

My next pessimistic concern is data as such -- data on computers, and
music, and films.  For years, I have been copying old hard disks to
new hard disks which works quite well due to the ever-increasing
sizes.  I will have to save my video cassettes from decay, too.  And
the CDs and DVDs.

Ha -- I just found my own saved games... :-)))

Ok, ok, I might indeed be too pessimistic...

Keith Gaughan writes:
>...
> Actually, a lot of the stuff works just fine under DOSBox[1]. Getting
> something like a Commodore 64 to run quickly under emulation's a lot harder
> than getting decent emulation of an old 386 box. Although I haven't been able
> to get all my old DOS games working perfectly, usually the problem comes down
> to sound card emulation.
>...
Ah -- I thought this would not work well.  Such kind of progress is
good!  I will try to play Goblins 3 again, I think.

And Command and Conquer, Red Alert, is supported, too.

This saves my day.  Thanks! :-)

>...
> You could always check an abandonware site. Their legality it a bit dubious,
> but if you have the original discs, I see no problem.
>...
I am sure they are somewhere. :-)

**Henrik

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