well the game has sighted and blind modes right now.
but yeah an eamon port would be good I guess.
At 02:49 p.m. 15/10/2012 -0400, you wrote:
Hi Dark,
I suppose so. Technically Dos Box is accessible if you have the right
hardware and software to do it.
For example, someone who still owns an old serial synth like a Dectalk
Express and Jaws for Dos can run both in Dos Box just fine. The
problem is, of course, that most people no longer own hardware synths,
they are extremely expensive to buy, and a lot of computers no longer
have serial ports to begin with. So we are looking at a purely
software solution.
I suppose someone could start by porting ESpeak to Dos, and then
writing a simple Dos screen reader for Dos Box. It might not sound all
that great, but its probably the only realistic cross-platform
solution in order for accessing Dos games via Dos Box.
However, I'm still in favor of rewriting Eamon from the ground up.
Yes, it would be a huge amount of work, but it would be an improvement
over the current version as it would be designed in such a way that it
would be accessible out of the box, it would not depend on Dos Box,
and I personally feel would be more practical in the life time of that
particular product.
Cheers!
On 10/15/12, dark <[email protected]> wrote:
> hi Tom.
>
> the problem however is that for eamon, you are talking about a
huge existing
>
> body of work, all with very specific ways of working. The reason frank is
> using basic is simply one of necessity and compatibility with the older
> programs.
>
> Call it outdated if you like, but essentially it's like saying "Well that
> old black and white film real of casablanka from the 30's is outdated and
> won't run on modern digital media, lets reshoot the entire film!).
>
> If your going to undertake a monumental preservation project, I'd actually
> suggest writing an accessible dosbox for playing text adventure games would
>
> be a much easier project to do, have the same affect, and be usefull in
> other circumstances, indeed last I heard frank was investigating something
> like this himself precisely because of the compatibility problem.
>
> Beware the grue!
>
> Dark.
>
>
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