Hi, I don't use linux, I use windows xp home service pack2. Is there any way to do this under xp? I want to play that island game but jaws won't read the screen right to me.
Josh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zachary Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 4:36 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Old DOS games with Dosemu > Howdy, > This is just a sort of 'Hey I've done this' message. > I was recently able, using a combination of Linux, a screen reader and > Dosemu, a free DOS emulator, to play a few old games which are becoming > difficult to deal with under Windows. Specifically, I can now play > Fallthru and the original version of Anacreon reconstruction. Now, what's > left to experiment with are the collection of PCS games demos I used to > have...And the DOS version of Adom, among others. > Now, if you ask why I want to do this, I don't know really how to give an > answer. Some of the best games, in my opinion, were written for DOS and > DOS-capable computers. That's not to say today's audio extravaganzas are > poor by comparison. They're not, and sometimes richer. But still...I've > yet to find equivalents for some of the truly early classics. > If anybody at all is interested in how exactly I did this, I welcome > questions. I'm more than willing to share the relatively straightforward > (if you use Linux, or even if you don't) procedure. Though I won't get > into a 'which operating system is better' flame war. > Thanks much, > Zack. > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
