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reply Bill <wstritt aol.com> writes:
Ran across your home page and saw you were looking for a copy of the Interstel
version of Empire.  Still
have 5 1/4 and 3 1/4 disks as well as manual but no other packaging if you are
still looking.

Just got a new PC running Windows 7 and haven't figured out how to get it
(Empire) to run on 64 bit
system.  Any suggestions for that would be appreciated.

By the way, the "e-mail Walter Bright" link on your page doesn't seem to work
so had to post here.

Cheers
Mar 19 2011
next sibling parent Albert Ivor Morin <albertmorin gmail.com> writes:
Hi Bill

I ran across your post.  I had a version by Interstel as well.  But the
manuel got so beaten up over years of playing and then the computer went
belly up and it all got thrown out.

I which this classic version was available for modern PC's or some other
gaming system as I loved this original version best.

I've played the several modern versions of civilization but I like the
basic game play the best.

Let me know if you get your older version to work!

Cheers
May 20 2011
prev sibling next sibling parent reply "Nick Sabalausky" <a a.a> writes:
"Bill" <wstritt aol.com> wrote in message 
news:im3bhq$p3f$1 digitalmars.com...

 Ran across your home page and saw you were looking for a copy of the 
 Interstel version of Empire.  Still
 have 5 1/4 and 3 1/4 disks as well as manual but no other packaging if you 
 are still looking.

 Just got a new PC running Windows 7 and haven't figured out how to get it 
 (Empire) to run on 64 bit
 system.  Any suggestions for that would be appreciated.

 By the way, the "e-mail Walter Bright" link on your page doesn't seem to 
 work so had to post here.

 Cheers


Have you tried DosBox? http://www.dosbox.com/

I've heard that 64-bit windows can't run 16-bit bit apps (which I assume 
Empire is), so you'd have to use an emulator like DosBox.
Sep 30 2011
parent reply Ray Cernis <ray cernis.net> writes:
The only way I could get the Interstel version (2.05c) to run on Windows 7
64-bit was to run it in a VMWare
virtual machine running windows 2000. Works ok on that, though.
Feb 04 2012
parent "Rodger Wittmann" <wittmann windstream.net> writes:
The version of Empire.exe that I have been using is called 5.01 
which I believe is derived from Walter Bright's version. I have 
been using it since late 1980's but starting with Windows 7 
(64bit) I have always had to run it in "XP mode" and it has 
always worked perfectly. If it is legal, I would be happy to 
email it to anyone who needs it.
It sounds like the exact same program.

On Saturday, 4 February 2012 at 13:26:15 UTC, Ray Cernis wrote:

 The only way I could get the Interstel version (2.05c) to run 
 on Windows 7 64-bit was to run it in a VMWare
 virtual machine running windows 2000. Works ok on that, though.
May 08 2014
prev sibling next sibling parent Calle <sewoc hotmail.com> writes:
Suggest you run it under an emulator like DOSBox:
http://www.dosbox.com/

Rgds/ Cowes
Feb 04 2012
prev sibling parent "Rodger Wittmann" <wittmann windstream.net> writes:
The version of Empire.exe that I have been using is called 5.01 
which I believe is derived from Walter Bright's version. I have 
been using it since late 1980's but starting with Windows 7 
(64bit) I have always had to run it in "XP mode" and it has 
always worked perfectly. If it is legal, I would be happy to 
email it to anyone who needs it.
It sounds like the exact same program.
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On Saturday, 19 March 2011 at 22:43:07 UTC, Bill wrote:

 Ran across your home page and saw you were looking for a copy 
 of the Interstel version of Empire.  Still
 have 5 1/4 and 3 1/4 disks as well as manual but no other 
 packaging if you are still looking.

 Just got a new PC running Windows 7 and haven't figured out how 
 to get it (Empire) to run on 64 bit
 system.  Any suggestions for that would be appreciated.

 By the way, the "e-mail Walter Bright" link on your page 
 doesn't seem to work so had to post here.

 Cheers
May 08 2014