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Mr Nathan Wade Lanier Technical College Oakwood, Georgia

Georgia Technical College of the year - 2014 .The home of both the 2014 and 2015 Technical College Teacher of the Year.

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Emulation - Rescuing and Preserving Old SoftwareSave our Digital heritage!

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Why preserve?Preserve historical software from volatile storage and neglect Analog Tape storageAudio dropoutsDiskettesBit-rotDustPunch cards and tapeRevive old programs and games on systems no longer supported on either actual systems or emulatorsProgrammers can learn code and make new homebrew programs for old systemsSometime old hardware is rare and hard to find in good condition

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Who isThe Old School Emulation Center (TOSEC) is an organization that is dedicated preserving and cataloging hardware, software, and firmware images for microcomputers and game consoles.Database includes:ROMs and firmware imagesSoftware from different types of mediaManuals and magazines

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Internet Archive Software CollectionThe Internet Archive Software Collection is the largest vintage and historical software library in the world.It provides instant access to millions of programs, CD-ROM images, documentation and multimedia.SoftwareShareware CDs, playable computer games, TOSEC filesMagazines (in Text section)Family Computer, Byte, Creative ComputingMagazine Cover Discs

https://archive.org/details/software5

Digital Millennium Copyright ActAn exemption is granted to the Internet Archive by the D.M.C.A for archival software. This software is free for the public to download. (http://archive.org/about/dmca.php)

Two types of emulatorsStand aloneMESSMultiple OSDedicated to one systemMay not be up to date or abandoned

Multiple systems in one programUp to dateNot all workingWhat is an emulator?A program that acts like a particular system that will run program images for that system.

DOSBoxEmulates x86 computerUsed mainly to play DOS-based gamesCan run Windows up to 3.11, WordPerfect, and other applications

D-Fend Reloaded-DOSBox-FrontendReloadedAn open source frontend for DOSBox, ScummVM and Windows games

MessultimulatoruperystemEmulates computer systems and game consoles back to the late 60s

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Laserdisc Arcade EmulatorWill legally load commercial versions of Dragons Lair, Dragons Lair 2, Space Ace, and Thayers Quest from Digital Leasure.

Legal HurdlesDownloading emulators is legal Roms and software programs may not be legal to download This depends on the author or company Shareware and legally purchased software remain legalCopyright red-tape hard to find who owns the copyright on ancient softwareCommercial software unsupported but still owned by a viable companySierra On-LineAppleCommercial software owned by a company no longer in businessInterplayRadio ShackSoftware with license keys/dongles/DRM

ExamplesOld computer Museum releases code for Electronic Arts DeluxePaint Source Code Available to the Public

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Further reading and linksThe Ex-files: how long will our software last?http://www.blog.still-water.net/2013/05/the-ex-files-how-long-will-our-software-last/ Preserving.exe: Toward a National Strategy for Preserving Softwarehttp://www.digitalpreservation.gov/meetings/preservingsoftware2013.html Preserving.exe: A Short List of Readings on Software Preservationhttp://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/11/preserving-exe-a-short-list-of-readings-on-software-preservation/ The Geeks Who Saved Prince of Persias Source Code From Digital Deathhttp://www.wired.com/2012/04/prince-of-persia-source-code/

Author (A) - Abandonware FAQhttp://www.abandonwarering.com/?Page=FAQWhy Preserving Old Computer Games is Surprisingly Difficulthttp://mentalfloss.com/article/68930/why-preserving-old-computer-games-surprisingly-difficult How to use DOSBox to run Dos Games and Old Appshttp://www.howtogeek.com/104725/how-to-use-dosbox-to-run-dos-games-and-old-apps/ Installing Windows 3.1 in DosBoxhttp://www.howtogeek.com/230359/how-to-install-windows-3.1-in-dosbox-set-up-drivers-and-play-16-bit-games/ Computer History Museum Makes Electronic Arts DeluxePaint Source Code Available to the Publichttp://www.marketwatch.com/story/computer-history-museum-makes-electronic-arts-deluxepaint-source-code-available-to-the-public-2015-07-22

Copyright Law Is Eating Away At Our Cultural History: And It's Time To Fix Thathttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150129/06091629847/copyright-law-is-eating-away-our-cultural-history-its-time-to-fix-that.shtml An Exemption to the DMCA Would Let Game Fans Keep Abandoned Games Runninghttps://www.eff.org/let-game-fans-keep-abandoned-games-running Old-Computers.comhttps://www.facebook.com/oldcomputersDosBoxhttp://www.dosbox.com/TRS-80 Color Computer Archivehttp://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/