Remember the good old days of gaming, when there were only 5 pixels in the protagonist and your imagination could turn them into a heroic figure of Schwarzenegger proportions? When the enemies and the heroes...
As a seller of vintage (older) and hard to get PC games, one of the most common questions we get asked is how to get these older games to work on the newer versions of Windows. It is relatively easy to do, but...
SLASH products have been called a bane to PC game collectors, everywhere. They are sometimes presented by eBay sellers as original software - whether knowingly or unwittingly - and although such titles are not...
How Sound Cards Work In Personal Computers A sound card uses typically one of three methods to produce sound in a personal computer. They are all briefly outline below.FM Synthesizer The synthesizer is the...
Bring out your dead! Getting old games to run in Windows XP By Steve Metzler (August, 2003) Keeping in the mood of the title, upgrading your PC typically brings varying amounts of sorrow and joy to your...
Jane's games as well as almost all Windows games made before XP can be played on XP. Some load naturally and some will load under the compatability mode. There maybe a few other factors that need to be...
In recent months, there has been an increased interest in purchasing computers with no Operating Systems. The cost savings are tremendous. The advantages are readily apparent. This trend is continuing as...
Can’t get your older games to run on Windows XP? Are you having this problem: You load a Windows 95 or 98/ME game on your Windows XP system. All seems normal, until you try to play the game, when your...
While these guidelines are great for determining if a specific program is suitable, it can still be difficult deciding where to start! Most schools have a computer lab and daily- or weekly- computer lab...
There seems to be confusion on what Xwindows really is, I will try to clear this up for many of you. Xwindows is a layer, a Gaphic Users Interface (GUI). Windows is also a layer, GUI and is built on top of...