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date: 2017-06-15 22:00:00
permalink: /blog/2017/06/15/
machines:
- id: ibm5150
- id: ibm5150-adventmath
type: pcx86
config: /devices/pcx86/machine/5150/cga/64kb/machine.xml
resume: 1
autoMount:
A:
path: /disks/pcx86/dos/ibm/1.00/PCDOS100.json
B:
path: /apps/pcx86/1983/adventmath/ADVENTMATH100.json
autoType: 8-10-81\rb:\ra:basica castle\r
autoType: $date\rB:\rA:BASICA CASTLE\r
---
In October 1983, IBM released a game called "Adventures in Math", which apparently tried to make mathematics as
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A word of warning: this is NOT a great game. I find it interesting only as an example of the challenges we face
archiving and emulating old software.
{% include machine.html id="ibm5150" %}
{% include machine.html id="ibm5150-adventmath" %}
Hosting the software on the PCjs website was more tedious than I'd expected, but that wasn't due to technical issues.
The biggest challenge was isolating and recreating the original distribution software. You can find all the gory

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