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MS-DOS Executive: It still works!
by Marc Perton Aug 22nd 2005 at 8:32PM
As a fan of old software, I was pretty bummed to find that you can't run Program Manager under XP SP2. However, my dismay was tempered when I discovered that MS-DOS Executive, which goes all the way back to Windows 1.0, not only still runs on XP, but is actually available for download fromWinSite! Oh, and if you want to relive those thrilling days of yesteryear, when Windows 1.0 was the hottest thing since the Apple Lisa, be sure to check out this recently unearthed archival file of Engadget from 1985!
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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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tequanne said 2:03PM on 11-21-2005
Hey, I have all the Windows 1.0 floppies. Do you need it?
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