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0 pointstoyg9y ago0 comments

Let me introduce you to this thing called DOSBOX, it's quite awesome: https://www.dosbox.com/

The sad thing is that, the way the appstore works, we will likely never get a "iosbox".

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nodamage9y ago· 2 in thread

While DOSBox is indeed neat, I think the underlying point is that it's probably not reasonable to expect a piece of software written in a particular era for a particular operating system to be supported indefinitely.

toygOP9y ago

Supported =/= working. A 1956 car is obviously not "supported" by the manufacturer or even by road laws of most countries, but it can still work if you make an effort. With iOs apps you don't even get the chance.

nodamage9y ago

Sure you do. If you want to run an iOS app written for iOS 5 you can go dig up your old iPhone out of the closet (or eBay), put iOS 5 on it, and run it again.

If you want to run that same app on iOS 10 on your iPhone 7, well, that's an entirely different set of expectations.

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