Hi Dark, I asked this before and I'll ask it again. How much are you willing to spend on Dosbox emulation?
The thing is while I am sure there are a few developers like myself who have the technical skills to rewrite Dosbox from scratch in order to make it accessible it would take considerable time and energy. Given the time and effort involved in such an undertaking I'd probably would want to sell the Dos emulator to try and earn something for my labor. Otherwise I'd be better off spending my time on new games and/or other products that I could sell. I'm already up to my eyeballs in things to do so I don't know that I would really want to take on a project like that any time soon. I think your best option here is to learn how to setup a virtual machine using VMWare Player. No, it isn't easy, but once you do it you can back up the virtual machine to a hard drive and install it on one or more machines as needed. The real difficulty is creating the initial image for the virtual machine as that requires some sighted assistance. Of course, if you would prefer using an existing one that is always possible as well. Finally, regarding access what makes you think Windows 7 or Windows 8 is less accessible? I use Windows 7 every single day and it is totally accessible. I don't have any accessibility issues what so ever. So I was wondering why you continue saying things like "worse access over all" when I generally find access on Windows 7 very good. Cheers! On 4/30/13, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kara. > > I do not blaime developers for the computing situation, (that is clearly > microsoft's fault), but at the same time there is honestly some tention > hear, and I've detected it from comments from Tom and Josh precisely about! > > supporting older systems and about people still using "out of date" things. > > My point in this discussion was to honestly and naturally explain the > reasons why! I and others choose to use xp, and suggest that these are > matters developers could assist with in part by making newer versions of > windows a less unatractive option by working! on the things microsoft missed > > such as dosbox emulation, or just providing appropriate information > > Frankly everyone's lives would've been simpler if things had stayed with xp > > with mac as an alterantive, but since that is not the case, it would be good > > if people worked together on this rather than developers concerned over what > > will be supported where clashing with players not wishing to give up their > old games and move on to newer os with less available and with worse access > > over all. > > Beware the grue! > > dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
