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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks to all who responded about CD emulation software. I
chose Far Stone, which was cheap, and so far appears easy to use.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Next year I plan to replace our children’s computers
with the systems from AWE, so I’m creating a gap between the 4<sup>th</sup>
graders and the MySpace, Runescape crowd.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The next step, obviously, is to load up some young
adult-orientated software. The computer I’m building will be for 8 to 12
year olds, and now I have:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Some younger games which came
for the Gates computers<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It appears that the best selling teen and pre-teen games are
simulation games like the Tycoon series, The Movies, or amazingly enough Civ. I
figure issues with any of these type games are time and the ability to save a
game so I’m working in the flash drive direction for that.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>All this being said, would anyone like to share a list of
the software they have loaded for teens and pre-teens?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>TIA!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Have a happy holiday!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Jim
Mann<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>(<font
color=red><span style='color:red'>937)352-4000 x1210<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2
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