Two Updates

As I mentioned yesterday, I wanted to provide two updates to two recent posts.

Last week, I discussed running older DOS programs in more recent versions of Windows.  I mentioned that some of these programs might run in DosBox.  However, the person who wrote to me specifically asked about running games.  On Saturday, I came across an article that mentioned a huge source of old games.  The Internet Archive has a library of over 2,300 DOS games that can be run in your browser.  If you are looking for a specific game, it might be worth checking to see if it is on this site.  While there may be some glitches in the DOS emulation process, it will probably be much easier than trying to set it up in DosBox yourself.

Monday, I discussed three great apps to have when you travel.  After the email went out, I found another site that looks like it would be a great addition to the other three.  Freeairpump.com gives you a map of places that have free air for your tires.  This actually would have helped me on my trip to Chicago just after Christmas:  I started getting a low tire pressure light because of the cold weather. Yes, you can go to just about any service station and pay for air, but why pay for something that is available for free nearby.  Like the free Wi-Fi finder, this relies on people's input, so there may be free stations not listed and there may be stations listed that are not actually free or are out of service.