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Level 10 stairs unreachable....
Captain Trek:
--- Quote from: skarczew on December 16, 2008, 09:16 ---If you want to run DOS games, use DOSBox (google it). It emulates DOS pretty well, making possible to run games that are 15-20 years old.
As for "small windows games" and their developers, it is not their problem only. Most old drivers from XP do not work on Vista. But I am beyond the knowledge what the changes were and why M$ did that.
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Err... yea... the games I'm thinking of aren't that old... I'm actually thinking more of games that came out for the PC in the late 90s and 2000 (and maybe 2001, but probably no later than that), such as Civil War Generals 2, the first Zoombinis game (which I occasionally play for nostalgic reasons), Axis & Allies (that is, the late 90s PC adaptation of the board game of the same name, not the 2004 RTS), Star Trek: Starfleet Command I and II and the first two Homeworld titles (I consider Cataclysm a seperate game)... I know I could probably get all these games to work on Vista by messing around with Vista's ability to emulate earlier versions of Windows and so on, but why bother when I can just leave the room, walk down a short corridor, entre another room and find a completely original (except for the keyboard and mouse, but we do still have the original keyboard and mouse and they work), fully functional Windows 98, plugged in, ready to be booted up and soon to celebrate a decade of loyal (and very reliable compared to the other computers) service (we bought it in '99)...
By the way, can any of you suggest ways for keeping the 98 in good shape? It doesn't access the Internet (and hasn't done so in quite a number of years), though I have transfered DoomRL, WinTrek and an earlier version of Battleships Forever (which didn't work) to it from my other computers... There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with its operation or its software... Hasn't been defragged in years though (I just never think of defragging it for some reason) and now that I've thought of defragging it I can't help but wonder if it's a bad idea, given how long it's been since its last one...
On the hardware front, all of it (again, except for the keyboard and mouse) is completely original, the only problem we can decern being that the floppy drive's door broke a while ago and we had to remove it... We had to take the cover off to get sufficent access to the floppy drive to get the door off (as it was it was stuck on a diagonal and you couldn't get a floppy disk inside the drive) and while we were there we vaccumed up the nine years worth of dust that had settled on the bottom of the case and had a go at clearing the dust from the fan area as well... Right now the CPU is sitting on a clever little adjustable plastic stand that keeps it raised up off the floor...
So, yea that about covers it... What would you suggest, if anything?
skarczew:
Keep Win 98 away from internet and it will be pretty safe :) .
Defrag may take some time - the best is just to start it and leave it alone while doing so. It may help mainly if your disc is packed and used extensively.
As for Win games - sometimes it helps to use "compatibility" thing available under RightMouse-Button->Properties. Sometimes ...
Right now, it seems easier to run DOS games via DOSBox, rather than some Windows ones on WinXP/Vista (I had some problems running systemShock 2 - I found some kind of solution for it in forgotten pits of less-known-internet).
ParaSait:
I wonder what would happen if you connect a windows 95 or 98 to the internet now... It will probably be virussed like burning hell in seconds o_O
Captain Trek:
--- Quote from: Mrazerty on December 18, 2008, 06:50 ---I wonder what would happen if you connect a windows 95 or 98 to the internet now... It will probably be virussed like burning hell in seconds o_O
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It depends on where you go on the Internet... Actually, I've seen at least a few people claim that they've used the Internet for years without any form of virus protection and have never seen a virus... I'd imagine any computer (protected or not) would be pretty safe as long as you stayed on the beaten path...
Anyway, I might try the compatibility thing at some point... However, where do you go to activate it? There's no "properties" option if you just right click on the desktop background (only "personalise"), so where do I go?
skarczew:
You need to click on a file (application).
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