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wrote in message ... Mxsmanic wrote: writes: Yep, all the software for DOS and an EGA display, not to mention the Apple II stuff is still running, assuming you can find hardware that still runs outside a museum. Well-behaved MS-DOS applications do indeed still run today. And of course MS-DOS itself still runs. So you are admitting that not ALL DOS applications will run today, only "Well-behaved MS-DOS applications"? They are medicated with Ritalin to keep them in-line. |
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wrote: Emulators, my good man! You can find them for nearly any system. There are plenty of good Apple II emulators out there, good enough to run pretty much any software made for them. There are even emulators for old DOS machines that will run in Windows that will do a much better job of running old software than Windows itself will: check out DOSBox for that one. RSTS/E, RSX-11, RT-11, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, VMS... PDP-6, PDP-8, PDP-10, PDP-11, VAX... That's just one company. How about a GE 150, Burroughs B2500, Honeywell H316, SDS 900? CPU's, OS's and their libraries go obsolete and become unsupportable. The software is on EBCDIC punch cards, got an emualtor to read those? Many of your systems do have emulators or simulators available, in fact. (This page has a whole bunch: http://simh.trailing-edge.com/) True enough that some don't, as far as I could find with a cursory search. But it took a *very* long time for that to happen, and none of them had anything like the ubiquity of the Microsoft platform. I would fully expect Windows software to be usable until the very end of time. People might not care about writing emulators for such hardware, but Intel x86 emulators and Windows API translation layers will probably be maintained forever. Even if they're not, it's going to take decades at the least before a new copy MSFS stops being usable. I have to say, while MX is the king of disputing anything and everything just because he can, a lot of the people who reply to him aren't much better. Perhaps when he said that "Software doesn't wear out" he failed to apply the proper caveats and qualifiers to this statement, but his overall *point*, that MSFS still works and will still works even though it's no longer being developed, was entirely sound, and really didn't merit an argument. -- Mike Ash Radio Free Earth Broadcasting from our climate-controlled studios deep inside the Moon |
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On Feb 24, 4:53*am, "Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote:
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message Since DOS didn't support USB, there's no need to recognize a USB joystick in DOS applications. You can't even understand what others mean in their posts. No wonder your a shut in, social interaction with you has to be tedious at best. Hey be fair. The pillock doesn't realise that his "Windows" is just a DOS application |
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On Feb 24, 9:12*am, Blanche wrote:
I've even found CDC 6600 emulators! I have a couple of TRS80 emulators and no floppy ancient enough to read the floppies |
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"Blanche" wrote in message ... Mike Ash wrote: In article , wrote: Mxsmanic wrote: John Godwin writes: It seems as if Microsoft is pulling the plug on MS Flight Simulator. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7902468.stm Existing copies of MSFS will continue to run indefinitely. Software doesn't wear out. Yep, all the software for DOS and an EGA display, not to mention the Apple II stuff is still running, assuming you can find hardware that still runs outside a museum. Emulators, my good man! You can find them for nearly any system. There are plenty of good Apple II emulators out there, good enough to run pretty much any software made for them. There are even emulators for old DOS machines that will run in Windows that will do a much better job of running old software than Windows itself will: check out DOSBox for that one. I've even found CDC 6600 emulators! Man I was just digging that I can play Duckhunt on my computer! |
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"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com writes:
For the same reason I'm really good at killing zombies on my computer, it isn't real life you nitwit. Unfortunately, that's not an answer. The reality is that there is no basis for your assertion. It has long been taken as gospel that a non-pilot could never land an airliner, and as long as one sticks to the outdated assumption that he'd have to actually take the controls, that's probably true. But today's airliners are so heavily automated that they can be flown and landed without ever touching the flight controls, so the dogma of yesteryear is no longer applicable. |
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Steve Foley writes:
It has not been demonstrated to my satisfaction that any other outcome is possible. That is not the same as demonstrating that it would end in disaster. I do not accept your conjecture as proof. Likewise. When you have evidence that someone with nothing but simulator experience has successfully landed an airliner full of passengers, let me know. The non-pilot would not need simulator experience. He would only need the ability to follow instructions, along with a cool head. |
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george writes:
I have a couple of TRS80 emulators and no floppy ancient enough to read the floppies I'm sure there are actual TRS-80 computers out there and running as well. |
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