Hello Jacob, Would you tell me the name of the game? I might be able to retrieve an Infocom or Tads version possibly, which would be playable under any operating system, given the correct programs. --- Contact info: Skype: parham-d MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com email: parham90 at GMail dot com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Kruger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 7:26 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] A very old text-based DOS game
> Hi there > > I got hold of almost the very first game I ever played on a PC as such, > and > while it's meant to run in the command line, and basically you type in > commands/answers etc., it just seems to hang if now run under Windows XP > Pro, and although I tried playing with various settings in the properties > dialogue, under the program tab, which seems to be basically focused on > some > properties specific to command line apps, even when then trying to run it > from the then created 'shortcut', it just 'hangs', and if I try > virtualising > the window using Jaws key + Ctrl + W, it still returns nothing, so I think > it's literally just hanging. > > I suppose I could try create a virtual machine using an installation of > something like MSDos 6.0 (which I think was the last standalone of DOS or > thereabouts), and see if that would then work, but what then about > screenreading? > > Anyway, know this isn't mainstream, but just thought I may as well ask, > and > for interests sake, this game is the text-based adventure game of the > Hobbit > from around the late 80s, and it was literally one of the first games I > really played on a PC (where had already been playing others in a > Commodore > 64). > > Stay well > > > Jacob Kruger > Blind Biker > Skype: BlindZA > '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
