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While DOSBox is indeed neat, I think the underlying point is that it's probably not reasonable to expect a piece of software written in a particular era for a p
by nodamage 10y ago
While DOSBox is indeed neat, I think the underlying point is that it's probably not reasonable to expect a piece of software written in a particular era for a particular operating system to be supported indefinitely.
- toyg 10y agoSupported =/= working. A 1956 car is obviously not "supported" by the manufacturer or even by road laws of most countries, but it can still work if you make an effort. With iOs apps you don't even get the chance.
- nodamage 10y agoSure you do. If you want to run an iOS app written for iOS 5 you can go dig up your old iPhone out of the closet (or eBay), put iOS 5 on it, and run it again. If you want to run that same app on iOS 10 on your iPhone 7, well, that's an entirely different set of expectations.
- toyg 10y ago> you can go dig up your old iPhone out of the closet Yeah, but the point is, I don't have to do that with old DOS programs. I get an emulator, whip out my old binaries, and it runs on my shiny new PC. On iOS, strictly speaking, there is no such option -- you will have to go to a non-iOS device to run an emulator - and this assuming either Apple is still hosting iOS5 apps (which probably won't be the case for long), or I have some backup (again on non-iOS) that I can somehow leverage. It would be very kind of Our Betters At Apple to allow some sort of iOS-on-iOS emulator, if they're at all serious with the "iPad for work" concept. Companies already struggle with Microsoft upgrade policies that are much more conservative...
- mod 10y ago> On iOS, strictly speaking, there is no such option And more importantly, apple would shut down such an option.