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dannygjk · 02-06-10, 11:11 PM

Hi,

Ok, I am tired of messing around to get old programs to work on newer machines/OS's. For God's sake I've done a lot of technical work on computers, (Assembly language programming etc), when I want to play an old game I just want to install the thing and play it. I don't want to spend valuable time searching online and learning to use various solutions. I had a laptop that would run SHCE straight from a routine install. Unfortunately I no longer have that machine, (Compaq Presario 1255 running Win 98SE).
Some of the so-called solutions will not work because the graphics hardware in some machines does not support them. Emulators are the best general-purpose solution, but that requires me to figure out how to use it.
My preference is to always have an old machine running an old OS. Simple and easy. K.I.S.S.

02-06-10, 11:11 PM	#38
dannygjk Mate Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 54 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Hi, Ok, I am tired of messing around to get old programs to work on newer machines/OS's. For God's sake I've done a lot of technical work on computers, (Assembly language programming etc), when I want to play an old game I just want to install the thing and play it. I don't want to spend valuable time searching online and learning to use various solutions. I had a laptop that would run SHCE straight from a routine install. Unfortunately I no longer have that machine, (Compaq Presario 1255 running Win 98SE). Some of the so-called solutions will not work because the graphics hardware in some machines does not support them. Emulators are the best general-purpose solution, but that requires me to figure out how to use it. My preference is to always have an old machine running an old OS. Simple and easy. K.I.S.S.