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Article #52Re: Old DOS games and memory problems
From: Graham Goring
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 00:00
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In article <0TWC3Y477Rsa092yn@ozemail.com.au>, Michael Raiteri
<raiterim@ozemail.com.au> writes
>In article <y$Q94CAnnPC3Ewhs@duketastrophy.demon.co.uk>,
>Graham Goring <graham@dukeVOMITtastrophy.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>In article <3708F477.FEEFCE77@nmt.edu>, James Garvin <boot@nmt.edu>
>>writes
>>>Ah...The halcion days of Doom2....Takes me back...Actually where DO you get
>>>older games anymore??? Seems no one is willing to give them up!
>>
>>Well, all the Doom games are available in a big box under the title
>>Doom Trilogy, that's where I got it. However, without wishing to
>>encourage piracy, a search for "abandonware ring" will reap many
>>rewards.
>
>True, sometime like http://come.to/RoA
That would be a good example, although the Ring Of Ages is no more, but
they do have a rather nice Abandonware search engine there...
I'd say something like http://surfsolutions.com/abandonwarering/ would
be an excellent starting place.
Graham Goring
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