My hardware doesn't go back that far. The old machine is an AlthonXP 2000+, which is pretty modern by most of your standards even though its actually starting to get on a bit. I run Win2K and Win98 on it. I use Win2K as a file server platform for my main Win7 machine (PhenomII quad core based) where …

I run W2K under Virtualbox on my AMD Phenom quad core system with 2GB ram allocated to W2K, and I also run W2K on a real AthlonXP 2000+ based system with 1GB and have the latest version of Avast loaded on both (v7) and they are both fine. The Athlon system feels a bit sluggish, but I think that's …

I was looking at these specs again and suddenly realised how much things have changed. Its amazing to think most of these 1990 are less powerful than even the most basic modern mobile phone, and the graphics were much poorer too. I'm not even talking about smart phones, I'm talking basic ones like …

I still run a number of applications at work that need a serial port, ranging from virtually new Win7 compatible applications to an old (20+ years old) DOS program. That DOS program runs fine under the Windows XP command prompt (even under XP Mode in Win7). It even runs under DOSBox (although I've …

Almost forgot. WindowsVPC for Win7 doesn't support anything prior to XP, and so far I've not found details of how to make it work with anything other than the official VirtualXP image, but I will keep looking.

Thanks for the prompt reply. Pretty much what I was expecting, and I shall pass that on to the person concerned on the VirtualBox forum. I know how well windows 98 runs in MS VPC 2007 and I had planned to use it that way under Windows 7 until I discovered Windows 7 actively blocks it from being …

Please forgive me if this question has been asked before. I suspect I know the answer, but I'll ask anyway.... I am active on a forum for a piece of virtualisation software and I dared to suggest they provide better compatibility with older operating systems such as DOS, Windows 3.1 and Windows 98. …

My every day monitor is also the one that will be used on any retro rig. Its an Iiama Vision Master Pro 410 17" CRT that I've had for many years and it still working. At some resolutions I've not got some distortion on the left edge (squeezed together) where an internal component must have failed, …

I was using that cable right up to a week ago in my system. I've only stopped because I removed the last CDRom that doesn't support digital extraction (many older units won't do it), and since DVD drives these days don't have the port for analogue transfer, the cable is now useless. However, I'm …

That's the way ISA cards work. The resources are grabbed by the hardware, and it didn't matter if another card was already trying to use them. This often meant hours of fund trying to work out which IRQ, DMA and port numbers were free, then trying them only to find out it didn't work or you'd set …

In 1990 I didn't have my own PC. If I remember correctly at work there was one IBM AT286 (the genuine article!) that had been there for a few years. This was a 512KB model with a 30MB MFM hard disk, Princeton graphics and IBM PC-Dos 3.2 and was used for CAD work and little else. I think it was at …

I'll be checking out this new XP compatibility mode when I get Win7 running properly. From what I've seen around, this compatibiliy mode isn't as friendly as MS VPC. Its called Windows Virtual PC and runs a pre-defined XP image. Unlike MS VPC 2007, hardware virtualisation is enabled and cannot be …

The only name that properly describes DOSBox is DOSBox. That name has a reputation for running DOS games well on modern hardware and operating systems. Change the name and that reputation will count for nothing. Whilst DOS was originally created to run on a PC, these days it runs on far more than …

Well done guys! You madfe it just in time for me to test it on my old PC before I upgrade it. There is a definite improvement in performance on my Athlon XP 2000 system. With 0.72 running Doom I got the odd 'sticking' key. Basically, I'd start running and I would be unable to stop, change direction …

That's good news. I did wonder if it might try and install as an XP app in compatibility mode and be an emulator in an emulator. Glad to hear it doesn't! One day, just for the hell of it, and to see if it works, I'm going to try and install dosbox inside a virtual machine just to see what happens. …

Has anyone tried Dosbox under Windows 7 yet? I know its only at RC1 stage at the moment, but I would like to know. I may be in a position to upgrade my PC in the near future and have considered leapfrogging Vista by going straight to Win7 RC1 until the full and final Win7 release appears towards the …

Many thanks, thought that was probably the case. Time to start saving then, and I suppose I'd better not try running the Dos version of Quake ;). I have tried both problem games directly under XP, and whilst they run at a good speed, the sound doesn't work properly. In fact, for Duke3D I have to …

I've been using Dosbox for a few months to go back through some of my old favourite games and have to say it's brilliant. The only games I can't get to run are those with copy protected disks (Duke3D Atomic & Lemmings), but I'm not worried about that as I can get access to a real Dos machine to run …