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Where would one get this today? Also, what else should I try to get the proper DOS vibes from back in the day?
by dividedbyzero 6y ago
Where would one get this today? Also, what else should I try to get the proper DOS vibes from back in the day?
- bfuclusion 6y agoRun Dosbox https://www.dosbox.com/ https://www.dosbox.com/ and checkout FreeDos http://www.freedos.org/ http://www.freedos.org/
- snvzz 6y agopcem or box86 with freedos, for somewhat accurate experience. dosbox-x or dosbox-staging for playing games specifically. These are both forks of dosbox, as that is dead and has been for a decade or so. They've had releases, but no real progress. They're actively hostile to outside collaborators (thus the forks), and basically censor the vogons forums they moderate to hide the existence of forks[0]. Scummy. [0] https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/issues/217 https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/issues/217
- Jaruzel 6y agoWordperfect is available on WinWorld: https://winworldpc.com/product/wordperfect/5x-dos https://winworldpc.com/product/wordperfect/5x-dos That said, I know for fact that WP is not abandonware, so I'm not sure about the legality of this.
- pkphilip 6y agoThe entire download of the executable is less than 4MB! and the manual is 26.2 MB! :)
- DanBC 6y agoLotus 123 for spreadsheets. WordPerfect for a different word processor. Bonus points if you start Word Perfect in full screen text mode. http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/wpfullscreentextmode.gif http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/wpfullscreentextmode.gif QuarkXPress for desktop publishing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7360076 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7360076 dBaseII for databases. Elite for games, but don't forget to turn off Turbo.