rkurbatov wrote on 2024-02-22, 15:15:
Bought DR-DOS 5.0 for my 286 build. With manual.
I am tired of retrogaming to be honest. Every review sets as a goal retrogaming and nothing more. There is plenty of abandoned software - different OSes, different utilities, memory managers, programming tools, editors. Why should I spend tons of money to run Wolf3D or Doom and think I am done?
I think there is an intention to keep things fun here. An undercurrent to keep things "aggressively" game focused, much as is the intention of the DOSbox main fork, for similar reasons. I think that reason is self defense...
When there is a lot of mention of practical things, applications, programming etc, even when doing it for fun and personal interest, it generates a lot of keywords that draw in "them"... "Them" being the people who aren't into retro for the fun of it, they are still relying on ancient hardware for something business critical, and when you don't cater to their every whim, provide support and answers on demand, you are stealing food from their children's mouths, lawyers get mentioned, they get real entitled about it.
That applies right across the retro for fun community, but here as well we shy away from getting too "serious" even for fun, because we see one or two of "them" occasionally.
Anyway, I think there are a number of Vogons who would also like to explore old apps and things for nostalgia, fun and interest. Would be nice if there was a members only area for it, hidden until 10 post minimum or something.
Unicorn herding operations are proceeding, but all the totes of hens teeth and barrels of rocking horse poop give them plenty of hiding spots.