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Article #720080Re: [Semi-OT] Here are three simple questions.
From: Mark P. Nelson
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 07:06
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 07:06
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Dimensional Traveler <dtr...@sonic.net> wrote in news:51f7083f$0$52799 $742e...@news.sonic.net: > On 7/29/2013 1:32 PM, Ross Ridge wrote: >> Dimensional Traveler <dtr...@sonic.net> wrote: >>> I agree with X-Com. ESPECIALLY without trying to "improve" it like the >>> last three (?) remakes. I'd settle for not even updating the graphics, >>> just give me the original game able to run on WinXP. >> >> You can run the orignal X-COM on Windows XP using DosBox no problem. >> If you don't have a copy you can buy one Steam that comes already bundled >> with DosBox. >> > I've never gotten DosBox to work. > > Huh? -- Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos -- the only sysadmins that matter
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X-Received: by 10.180.24.138 with SMTP id u10mr63260wif.4.1375168356556; Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:12:36 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!md6ni690wic.0!nntp.google.com!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Mark P. Nelson" <markp...@sbcglobal.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg Subject: Re: [Semi-OT] Here are three simple questions. Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 07:06:08 +0000 (UTC) Organization: ItIsToLaugh Lines: 21 Message-ID: <XnsA20D220CBDAFmpndisorg@78.46.70.116> References: <XnsA20B72B0B380Ewarewolfshawca@69.16.179.20> <fm6bv898cqfdeupcutcndcrg8a2eie062m@4ax.com> <51f5e2bd$0$52783$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> <kt6jgb$1pp$1@rumours.uwaterloo.ca> <51f7083f$0$52799$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> Injection-Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 07:06:08 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="9df370522b60aa3d7f5e8810181e5015"; logging-data="20126"; mail-complaints-to="ab...@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19L8Tf0Dsz+FJ4nahVCLOxWr6en3jELGGc=" User-Agent: Xnews/2009.05.01 Cancel-Lock: sha1:dsLTRzmekN2Y5Unqk6cr1eikrT4= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit