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CZghost
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Posted: 05-31-2015 04:11 AM

Since I use virtual machine to run old DOS games on my Windows 7 machine (direct launch do not work), I am sticked to use floppy disk images and physical floppy disks, which still contain the original games.

I am asking - do have still someone some floppy disks somewhere? Or is it just dead and old-fashioned method of keeping data? Also I would like to try out making some DOS apps starting with something really easy like playing a melody ending up with a simple game based on the paper ones played back in childhood times (for example Lodě, maybe you know tht under names Boat(s), Ship(s) or Sea, I don't bother about english name now).

So? Still using floppy or moved to flash?

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losCHUNK
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Posted: 05-31-2015 05:18 AM

I dont even have an optical drive anymore

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CZghost
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Posted: 05-31-2015 05:25 AM

So how do you install games?

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xer0s
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Posted: 05-31-2015 06:01 AM

I find this endearing. CZghost is cute...

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seremtan
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Posted: 05-31-2015 06:16 AM

the only DOS i'd even consider playing any more is Doom, and i'm sure that must be available somewhere in non-DOS format

not sure though

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CZghost
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Posted: 05-31-2015 06:41 AM

I never played DOOM, but I'm not fan of horror games and since I played Tetris, Pacman and games like that in childhood, I will be sticked to these

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Scourge
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Posted: 05-31-2015 07:03 AM

You can play all those old DOS games online now. No need for floppies.

http://playdosgamesonline.com/

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losCHUNK
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Posted: 05-31-2015 07:42 AM

CZghost wrote:
So how do you install games?

Internets, I haven't bought a physical copy in ages and any data transfer I just use a flash stick . Any games I bought before (like C&C RA2, AVP or ROMs) I use torrent sites. I did that even when I had a drive though because I couldn't be arsed to find the CDs and it's easier to keep them in a folder on the internal drive or in RA2s case Memphs drive blew my disc up.

I figured if I ever need one I'd just get an external drive, my case hasn't even got a drive bay. I don't think I've ever used the one on my laptop and I've had that for a good 3 years now.

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CZghost
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Posted: 05-31-2015 07:57 AM

Scourge wrote:
You can play all those old DOS games online now. No need for floppies.

http://playdosgamesonline.com/

It's not the true atmosphere as having it installed back from old days on your own computer. Maybe I'm just satisfied by old fashion, but that's I feel it. I like using outdated things as well as trying out news, though

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Posted: 05-31-2015 11:13 AM

seremtan wrote:
the only DOS i'd even consider playing any more is Doom, and i'm sure that must be available somewhere in non-DOS format

not sure though

http://dengine.net/

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PhoeniX
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Posted: 05-31-2015 02:50 PM

If you're running a virtual machine can't you just create virtual flopies?

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HM-PuFFNSTuFF
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Posted: 05-31-2015 03:49 PM

Ahoj

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Scourge
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Posted: 05-31-2015 08:00 PM

CZghost wrote:
Scourge wrote:
You can play all those old DOS games online now. No need for floppies.

http://playdosgamesonline.com/

It's not the true atmosphere as having it installed back from old days on your own computer. Maybe I'm just satisfied by old fashion, but that's I feel it. I like using outdated things as well as trying out news, though

There's also this and other sites like it.

http://www.gog.com

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Scourge
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Posted: 05-31-2015 08:03 PM

You could also just copy your floppies to something else like a thumb drive or your hard drive and use them from there. There's really no reason to keep a floppy drive.

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CZghost
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Posted: 06-01-2015 12:26 AM

HM-PuFFNSTuFF wrote:
Ahoj

Nazdar

@all: Looks like I started pretty flamy talk I only asked if someone still using floppy or is it definitively dead, I was not asking for support

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seremtan
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Posted: 06-01-2015 03:26 AM

obviously the answer to your question is no

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CZghost
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Posted: 06-01-2015 03:38 AM

I see

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MKJ
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Posted: 06-01-2015 03:42 AM

Stay on topic, guys.

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plained
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Posted: 06-01-2015 06:53 AM

i have a couple bins full of amiga disks

heres a pic of one i found under the stairs with some amiga stuff, a ad516 and a pic of me from 95 lol

http://www.imagebam.com/image/1592f7413061731

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MKJ
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Posted: 06-01-2015 06:55 AM

That's hot.

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HM-PuFFNSTuFF
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Posted: 06-01-2015 07:07 AM

MKJ wrote:
Stay on topic, guys.

Ahoj

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CZghost
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Posted: 06-01-2015 07:50 AM

plained wrote:
i have a couple bins full of amiga disks

heres a pic of one i found under the stairs with some amiga stuff, a ad516 and a pic of me from 95 lol

http://www.imagebam.com/image/1592f7413061731

That guy on the photo behind the drums is you?

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seremtan
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Posted: 06-01-2015 07:59 AM

plained looks like a cross between Shaggy and Pewdiepie

true story

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MKJ
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Posted: 06-01-2015 09:55 AM

he actually looks like the first boss from Dead Rising.
if you're that obscure.

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plained
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Posted: 06-01-2015 10:32 AM

seems everyone says i look like soandso when they see my in a pic

truth be told i have a weird morpho face lol

yea disks were a kind of a drag back then especially when doing huge 50+ disc backup reinstalls

i did end up getting a box of the right kind of scuzzies back in about 99-2000 tho

that was great you could just drag the whole drives contents to another scsi (diff size no matter) and the new drive would start up and everything would run perfectly. i hope those extra duped drives still work when i get my amigas and stuff going again.

i hope to never use another floppy

they have all kinds of cool stuff for amigas now, floppy usb conversion things, usb cards, network cards, decent scanrate fixing and uprezzing cards

i'm going to get some of those for sure

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Posted: 06-01-2015 10:46 AM

I have many disks at home. don't know why I keep them since I know they're all infected with an MBR virus. Back when floppy's were still used I'd give them to people I didn't like. Good luck getting rid of an MBR virus without a lot of know how...

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HM-PuFFNSTuFF
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Posted: 06-01-2015 12:43 PM

guffaw

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Captain
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Posted: 06-01-2015 12:53 PM

chortle

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seremtan
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Posted: 06-01-2015 02:00 PM

snicker

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obsidian
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Posted: 06-01-2015 03:25 PM

What kind of floppies? High Density? Double Density? 3.5"? 5"? Zip Drives? Also tapes and punch cards. You ever use those?

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MKJ
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Posted: 06-01-2015 11:21 PM

DAT tapes

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CZghost
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Posted: 06-02-2015 12:25 AM

3.5" floppies, no more can be entered in our drive Ah, dat old days when playing games like Prší

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I dont even have an optical drive anymore

So how do you install games?

I find this endearing. CZghost is cute...

the only DOS i'd even consider playing any more is Doom, and i'm sure that must be available somewhere in non-DOS formatnot sure though

I never played DOOM, but I'm not fan of horror games and since I played Tetris, Pacman and games like that in childhood, I will be sticked to these

You can play all those old DOS games online now. No need for floppies. http://playdosgamesonline.com/

seremtan wrote:the only DOS i'd even consider playing any more is Doom, and i'm sure that must be available somewhere in non-DOS formatnot sure thoughhttp://dengine.net/

If you're running a virtual machine can't you just create virtual flopies?

Ahoj

You could also just copy your floppies to something else like a thumb drive or your hard drive and use them from there. There's really no reason to keep a floppy drive.

HM-PuFFNSTuFF wrote:AhojNazdar @all: Looks like I started pretty flamy talk I only asked if someone still using floppy or is it definitively dead, I was not asking for support

obviously the answer to your question is no/thread

I see

Stay on topic, guys.

i have a couple bins full of amiga disksheres a pic of one i found under the stairs with some amiga stuff, a ad516 and a pic of me from 95 lolhttp://www.imagebam.com/image/1592f7413061731

That's hot.

MKJ wrote:Stay on topic, guys.Ahoj

plained wrote:i have a couple bins full of amiga disksheres a pic of one i found under the stairs with some amiga stuff, a ad516 and a pic of me from 95 lolhttp://www.imagebam.com/image/1592f7413061731That guy on the photo behind the drums is you?

plained looks like a cross between Shaggy and Pewdiepietrue story

he actually looks like the first boss from Dead Rising.if you're that obscure.

I have many disks at home. don't know why I keep them since I know they're all infected with an MBR virus. Back when floppy's were still used I'd give them to people I didn't like. Good luck getting rid of an MBR virus without a lot of know how...

guffaw

chortle

snicker

What kind of floppies? High Density? Double Density? 3.5"? 5"? Zip Drives? Also tapes and punch cards. You ever use those?

DAT tapes

3.5" floppies, no more can be entered in our drive Ah, dat old days when playing games like Prší

the only DOS i'd even consider playing any more is Doom, and i'm sure that must be available somewhere in non-DOS format

not sure though

You can play all those old DOS games online now. No need for floppies.

http://playdosgamesonline.com/

seremtan wrote:
the only DOS i'd even consider playing any more is Doom, and i'm sure that must be available somewhere in non-DOS format

not sure though

http://dengine.net/

HM-PuFFNSTuFF wrote:
Ahoj

Nazdar

@all: Looks like I started pretty flamy talk I only asked if someone still using floppy or is it definitively dead, I was not asking for support

obviously the answer to your question is no

/thread

i have a couple bins full of amiga disks

heres a pic of one i found under the stairs with some amiga stuff, a ad516 and a pic of me from 95 lol

http://www.imagebam.com/image/1592f7413061731

MKJ wrote:
Stay on topic, guys.

Ahoj

plained wrote:
i have a couple bins full of amiga disks

heres a pic of one i found under the stairs with some amiga stuff, a ad516 and a pic of me from 95 lol

http://www.imagebam.com/image/1592f7413061731

That guy on the photo behind the drums is you?

plained looks like a cross between Shaggy and Pewdiepie

true story

he actually looks like the first boss from Dead Rising.
if you're that obscure.