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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Children, PCs and Multi-media (was Advice Please)
- From: "Mark Evans" <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 16:23:49 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <20000915162332.28720.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> > You underestimate how distructive children can be :)
>
> I know exactly what you mean. My children have a
> P90 multi-media system made from scrap bits of
> lots of old PCs. I came home from work one day,
> to find that our toddler had been putting twigs in
> the floppy drive ....
At least younger kids don't do it maliciously...
>
> Seeing as most multi-media titles run as Win 16,
> Win 32 or Mac (the ones we buy anyway) - has any
> one had any luck running them under Wine ?
Just about all of the DK stuff will refuse moaning
that it hasn't got the CD in. Currently the Wine
settings don't fool whatever it is which is looking
for a CD.
--
Mark Evans
St. Peter's CofE High School
Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109
Fax: +44 1392 204763
>
> > You underestimate how distructive children can be :)
>
> I know exactly what you mean. My children have a
> P90 multi-media system made from scrap bits of
> lots of old PCs. I came home from work one day,
> to find that our toddler had been putting twigs in
> the floppy drive ....
At least younger kids don't do it maliciously...
>
> Seeing as most multi-media titles run as Win 16,
> Win 32 or Mac (the ones we buy anyway) - has any
> one had any luck running them under Wine ?
Just about all of the DK stuff will refuse moaning
that it hasn't got the CD in. Currently the Wine
settings don't fool whatever it is which is looking
for a CD.
--
Mark Evans
St. Peter's CofE High School
Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109
Fax: +44 1392 204763
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