DOSBox evokes nostalgia
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| With the thump of a synthesizer board and pixelated figures animating the
| screen, nostalgia sets in. Do you remember the era of frizz, mullets, and the
| lone arcade machine in the corner café? With DOSBox, a free open source DOS
| emulator, arcade legends like Golden Axe, Bubble Bobble, and Street Fighter
| are brought to life again on your modern PC.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2206
Not news, but the screenshots are moving. While Vista kills old applications,
Linux with Wine keep many of them alive.
Related:
DOSBox 0.70 (Released)
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| Another year and another dosbox version, again more
| speedups and compatibility fixes.
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http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1#
Playing Classic Games Under Ubuntu
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| Now if you still want to relive your old days and play these classics
| whether they belong to NES, SNES, or plain old DOS games Ubuntu
| provides a way of playing these classic on your Linux box.
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http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2007/03/playing-classic-games-under-ubuntu.html
Why console apps still rock
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| The best part about these apps is that they are so lightweight
| and so low profile that you hardly need any processor overhead
| to run them. Back in September I had a 75Mhz Pentium machine
| (that's right, 75Mhz -- not 750Mhz) that could handle all those
| apps -- at the same time -- without any strain whatsoever. They
| don't eat processor time and don't need extra time to get done.
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http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/why-console-apps-still-rock/
Does WINE + Linux support more Windows apps than Vista?
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| WINE supports most of the applications which are made for Windows
| 2.0 up to Windows XP. WINE has the ability to run different versions
| of IE, run most of Adobe's products, run World of Warcraft, Half Life
| 2, Microsoft Office 2003, XP, 2000 and 97, Visio, Quicken,
|
| * Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars
| * Need for Speed Carbon
|
| [...]
|
| What about drivers, hardware support, and upgrades?
|
| Want to upgrade you XP to Vista? no chance. might as well do a fresh
| install and shell out $300.
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http://jagtalon.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/does-wine-linux-support-more-apps-than-vista/
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