Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20180827202615/@comment-1496755-20191123184522

Awww, just when I got comfortable with the whole Hamachi thing. I firmly believe in the old saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," but if you are certain that we will benefit from this software change, then we can give it a try.

I can testify that Tomb Raider works perfectly (CD audio and all) in the more recent SVN revisions of DOSBox, but you normally use Daum, and I have no idea what the situation is there... It should run fine under PCem, though I'm not sure about the CD audio. It needs some testing for sure. Streams are definitely something we should think of - they are an easier and more accessible thing to do overall and we had so much fun before. Diablo is a perfect candidate since it is a game I love, and you are enjoying it so far (you made a very good start). I can think of other 1996 things for sure... first thing that pops in my mind is Blood, which has Windows ports nowadays (after two decades of being confined to DOS). Dominus and I have often felt that you'd (probably) enjoy its wicked sense of humor and challenging combat. There's plenty more stuff from that year as well.

So, more old laptop tests... something yuo should keep in mind - it is not connected to the interent, and it is way too old to have wi-fi. I can enable the networking thing, but it can't connect to anything at all ("network cable is unplugged"). Because of this limitation, I could only create a server with an address of "127.0.0.1" (using Winquake). Using this, I was able to eliminate the UDP error message... but the thing still refused to fully initialize and I have no idea why. At least it works smoothly, no major errors or system crashes. This Win XP was installed more than 14 years ago but it still works like a well-oiled machine (contrary to all the people who claim it needs ot be reinstalled every year... yeah right!). You can see how far I got here... just one step ahead since last time, but this time I am out of ideas what to do next.

Oh, I wouldn't be surprised if Russians show interest in the Toolbox - they are more likely to dabble in older software. Some of the best abandonware/retro sites out there are Russian, and I've found many rare things from them ;)