I play old dos games 16bit games in windows xp in vmware and it works
very good.
sent from my vinux4 linux laptop
On 09/11/2013 04:47 PM, shaun everiss wrote:
I don't care for 16 bit support I just want an emulator that will work
maybe like the windows console or something.
16 bit is dead though so basically its linux for that stuff or something.
Its a pitty there is no emulator that will emulate say an old dos
system but behave like a windows console app using your soundcard
instead of other synths and other readers and have everything think
its going through an old slow interface while using the modern resources.
maybe that could be one of the usagames projects.
At 08:10 AM 9/12/2013, you wrote:
Hi Dark,
Well, as for compatibility we've been over that topic more times than
I can count. So its not really worth the time to explain the fact
there is not enough money or reason for Microsoft to support 16-bit
Dos applications in Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1. It sucks,
but its life. You can't realistically expect Microsoft, Apple, or
anyone else to support some old technology or software indefinitely.
Its ridiculous.
Opening Office and rtf documents is no problem. There are several
options for Macc OS in terms of word processors and such. I don't know
where OpenOffice, LibreOffice, and IBM Lotus Symphony are right now in
terms of VoiceOver accessibility right now, but I do know that is
three different office suites available for Mac off the top of my
head. Surely, you will be able to find something that measures up to
Microsoft Office.
As to your last point that is a risk anyone takes when switching to a
new or different OS. There is always the possibility that something
will come out for Windows they want, but won't be available for Mac,
Linux, etc. As Microsoft still holds something like 80% of the market
share that is bound to happen eventually. So it all depends on how
badly you are willing to forgo any new games, office programs, media
players, whatever for Windows and are willing to settle for Mac or
Linux equivalents. In most cases there are some, but not always.
Cheers!
On 9/11/13, dark <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'll think about that.
>
> For me, I just don't see why! I should! upgrade other than to please
> microsoft's expanding pockets, (and in fairness microsoft should've
included
>
> proppper backwards compatibility, after all it's not as if they
don't have
> the money for developement).
>
> In fairness I'd need to investigate the bennifits of mac as an os,
though
> having been quite impressed with vo's performance on the iphone I
do know
> usage won't be as problematic as it would be with the irritating
post xp
> interface.
>
> The only thing that puts me off mac is the stupidity with file
management
> for audio files, (I've found a way to get folder structures on the
iphone
> using playlists but it's not what I'd want all the time, and the
fact that I
>
> need something that opens office and rtf documents.
>
> I'd also be concerned that if, as people keep claiming newer windows
> versions have upgraded this, latest that and more numbers in the other
> someone would! be more likely to make something I wanted to do on
windows
> than on mac, (particularly since I already have access to a lot of
mac stuff
>
> on ios).
>
> All the best,
>
> Dark.
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