| From: | dbuehrer@****.org dbuehrer@****.org |
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| Subject: | [OT] Goth Weenies |
| Date: | Fri, 29 Oct 1999 07:48:06 -0600 |
-> The real problem would be that software stored on a CD(-ROM) won't run on
-> 2060s computers. Again, it wouldn't be very hard with text files, or word
-> processor files that can be read as text files with codes inbetween the
-> actual text (like HTML or RTF) but you would probably lose any
-> illustrations -- mainly those using some kind of encoding to reduce the
-> occupied memory, unless you have an interpreter for them. RGB-encoded
-> BMPs, for example, would be pretty easy to figure out, while JPEGs might
-> pose a lot more problems. Executables would be real tough, though, unless
-> you can somehow find or write an emulator for the machine it's supposed to
-> run on (I would assume 2060s computers have enough processing power to
-> emulate 1999 PCs
