Re: Compatibility CD?

Posted on 2013-12-04, 12:16

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by papalou

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Hats off to you guys--two of the truly anointed. Certain there's a berth for the two of yous is Level Heaven. Firstly, I take it an 'installer' is what this guy and you two have familiarity with. Not being a coder I had no idea what that was. I'l try to wade through the lingo and hopefully come up …

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GAME + 1Click XP Vista Windows 7 & 8 Install on ebay

Posted on 2013-12-04, 00:47

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by papalou

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Recently saw where a guy was selling Tom Clancy's SSN old win 95 game with a compatibility CD guaranteed to, with one click, work on XP, 7, and 8, even says the game tho 16 bit, would work with 64 bit systems. What a clever idea. I have the game, but like a bunch of folks can not run the game on my …

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Re: Fast Attack re Sierra intaller in Vista

Posted on 2011-11-20, 17:53

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I do, in fact. Just hunting for the disc every time is something I can live without. That was my primary motivation with the installer, you wouldn't need the disc. Thanks, anyway.

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Fast Attack re Sierra intaller in Vista

Posted on 2011-11-19, 12:30

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by papalou

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There are a couple of neat Win installers for old Sierra dos games. Aces of the Deep and many others. One in particular, Fast Attack , the sub sim, you are forwarned has glitchy issues upon install in Vista . Unfortunately, Sierra forums no longer supports the installer. I was wondering did anyone …

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Re: Howto: Star Trek TNG Interactive Technical Manual + Captain's Chair

Posted on 2011-07-27, 01:57

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by papalou

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Guys I realize it's been some time since this was visited, but as you see from above I once had Captain's Chair up and running on my old comp. Yet for the life of me I can't seem to get it going on my present comp. I've installed Virtual PC 2007 , Win98 and all that's good. I followed the steps as …

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Re: dual boot Vista/win98 or VPC?

Posted on 2009-11-12, 11:56

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by papalou

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You may have already answered this, but let me ask you. Is what you suggests preferable to dualing XP/Vista then using XP 's compatiblity option to play some older games? One dude told me he prefers this since it allows him to play some older games configured only for XP and still play Win98 aps. I …

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dual boot Vista/win98 or VPC?

Posted on 2009-11-10, 11:49

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by papalou

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Many of the games I play are retro, geared to Win98. I have a Vista machine and was considering dualing XP with Vista to play these games. It was suggested that I might want to instead install VMware or VPC. Just wondering, what do you guys think?

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Re: command line switch???

Posted on 2009-10-28, 16:59

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by papalou

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Thanks, guys. I know it must try your patience sometime when some us just don't seem to "get it". Appreicate you guys hanging in there with those of us who are a little bit slower on the uptake. Again, my thanks.

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Re: command line switch???

Posted on 2009-10-26, 09:31

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by papalou

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Sorry, but that went right by me. I understand, generally, the term placeholder; but the terms you used in your example above, are they actual commands or non-sense words for purpose of illustration? It would be helpful is you could suggest possible commands that might be used in an actual file. And …

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Re: command line switch???

Posted on 2009-10-22, 13:58

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A belated question re command line switchs. I notice in the batch file of the game mentioned above, FAST ATTACK, there is 1% 2% 3% after the exe and before a particular switch. Firstly, just what is this, and 2ndly, if applicable, is this peculiar to this app particularly or might you see or use it …

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Re: Dos Edit function?

Posted on 2009-03-03, 12:07

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by papalou

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My apologies for multi-posting. Here's the story. Finally able to read the missions in the text directory... Problem solved. But here's the rub: I could've read the files simply by right-click open with... [course, didn't know that then]. But this if far from a wasted thread. 1. I learned: that ' …

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Re: Dos Edit function?

Posted on 2009-02-26, 11:59

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by papalou

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Hold up! Hold up! Re-reading my post, I'm looking in the wrong folder on the CD. Littlefish pointedly says TEXT DIRECTORY. I was looking in the MISSION DIRECTORY. The TEXT DIRCTORY'S files are definitely txt files. (Doh!) Get back to ya...

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Re: Dos Edit function?

Posted on 2009-02-26, 11:46

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by papalou

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Look, guys, let me quote the guy who offered this file up as a cheat of sorts, guy named Littlefish : Another useful feature is found on the CD in the text directory. Here you will find all of the mission orders that can be read with the DOS EDIT function. This feature, combined with the resupply …

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Re: Dos Edit function?

Posted on 2009-02-20, 12:56

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by papalou

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Don't wanna keep beatin' this guys, but here's what I did re bugs post. 1. Loaded Dosbx. 2. Mounted F : (drive where FA CD resides) 3. typed: 'type mission' (folder on CD) 4. Got: File mission not found When I dir, there it is, Mission folder...either type is not supported, or I missed a step...

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Re: Dos Edit function?

Posted on 2009-02-19, 14:18

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The file in question is the MISSION folder on the CD. Though I see and understand the confusion, I have no interest in editing anything. Just wanted to read it, to be able to anticipate upcoming battles so I can budget my use of ammo, etc., got me? collector , particularly appreciate that little ' …

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Dos Edit function?

Posted on 2009-02-16, 20:07

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by papalou

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I'm told I can read a particular text directory on the FAST ATTACK sub sim CD via the DOS EDIT feature. How would I go about that?

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Re: command line switch???

Posted on 2009-01-08, 11:40

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by papalou

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M' man! Good to go.

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command line switch???

Posted on 2009-01-07, 16:48

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by papalou

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...an out-of-game big picture of the Area of Operations in FAST ATTACK is enabled with a command line switch in DOS. It can be added to the "fast.bat" file. The command switch is "/TEDISPLAY"... :blah: :blah: :blah: OK. This guy's talking about a cheat here, that I'm sure. After that, I'm twisting …

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Re: Fast Attack sub sim

Posted on 2009-01-04, 21:44

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by papalou

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Bingo! Chalk up another one for Vogons! You guys are truly worth your weight in daisys 😁 !

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Re: Fast Attack sub sim

Posted on 2009-01-03, 20:40

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Appreciate it. Got the CD today, can't overstate how cool it is. Animations, cut scenes galore! (Yeah, I hear ya, In a month or so he'll probably toss it, and be saying, Fast who?) I hope this isn't too OT, but I'm unable to use 3rd party (FRAPS) apps for screen shots and in-game vids. (I running …

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