Reliving the adventures of classic DOS games is something many PC enthusiasts and retro gamers still crave, decades after the golden age of MS-DOS. For those who grew up with the likes of Commander Keen, Prince of Persia, or the unforgiving challenges of The Oregon Trail, the nostalgia is...
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For many Windows enthusiasts, Turbo C++ remains a nostalgically familiar sight—a relic of a time when programming education was often intertwined with the blue screens and chunky menus of early Borland IDEs. Yet, as Windows 10 and Windows 11 march steadily onward, they leave such legacy tools...
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H just bought new Win7 Premium (64 I think) Laptop i7. Will not run my old dbase programs like xp. So I loaded "DosBox'. Works, but very slowing even after bumping frames up to 50000. If I upgrade to win7 Ultimate and run in xp compatible, would it be as fast as my old xp?
Aloha. I have a game called Descent which is an old DOS game. I was able to play it on my last notebook which was running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit and it ran without problem. Well, let's just say that notebook doesn't work anymore and so I loaded it (the game) onto my new notebook, d/l...
I'm looking at the MacBook Pro as a possible new PC. Are there any significant issues with Vista on the Mac? I'll be using it for games, maybe DOS Box, digital media and Internet. I'm asking because I'm sorta interested in having Mac OS X as a secondary for various reasons. Otherwise, I'd be...