Running Older Games on Windows 7
by Thomas Ward
Many gamers such as myself have recently purchased a new computer in
the last year with state-of-the-art hardware, equipped with the new
64-bit processors from Intel and AMD, and a 64-bit version of Windows
7 preinstalled. For the most part this is
Nice article Thomas. I actually gave virtual box a try a few
months back (I've got a set of win98 installation disks lying
around somewhere), but found it to be nearly totally inaccessable
with jaws. I'm considering giving vmware a try now that you
mention it.
Thanks for the info,
John.
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Hi Thomas,
There is only one question to ask when it comes to dealing with virtual
machines.
How am I supposed to install the operating system in the virtual system?
When you first install an operating system on a new hard drive, you would
need sighted assistance, because the installation of
I was revisiting Shades of doom, and it occurred to me that for those who
want beeps to indicate when they are on target, there could be an in-game
explanation, a laser designator mountable on certain weapons that would use
the beeping to indicate on-target status.
Chris
Hey, did anyone find out if you can do the vm setup with a screen reader?
I live alone an I don't have anyone that can set the vm for me.
Thanks.
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Hi John,
Glad you liked the article. I had to do a fair amount of
experimentation myself to get it all working, but basically that was
the best solution I've found when it comes to playing older games.
As briefly mentioned in the article I love playing the text adventure
systems like Adrift,
