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First post, by anthony80

Posted on 2018-08-12, 14:01

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eBay fella sells games with DOSBox: https://www.ebay.com/itm/232867420597

I asked him if it used DOSBox. His reply:

Driving a standalone VM shell, yes.

What does that mean exactly?

Reply 1 of 3, by collector

Posted on 2018-08-12, 17:55

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Since those are win16 games perhaps he is using WinVDM Winevdm

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Reply 2 of 3, by anthony80

Posted on 2018-08-13, 13:49

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What else could it mean? I do not think that he is using WinVDM.

Reply 3 of 3, by DosFreak

Posted on 2018-08-13, 14:57

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No one here knows what some idiot on the Internet calls something is. Ask them.

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