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Re: how do you guys run dos on modern computers?

Posted on 2012-03-07, 16:18

in DOS
Why are you trying to run MS-DOS on such new machines? A Core2 is so much faster than the computers those programs were originally designed on that many things are likely to run badly. Why not just use DOSBox? If you really want to do this, FreeDOS might have fewer problems. I have no idea why on …

Re: Best repository for very old DOS games? How to contribute?

Posted on 2012-03-07, 16:11

in DOS
Unfortunately, regardless of what others may tell you, copyrights on software take a very, very long time to expire, and the distribution of copyrighted software is illegal. Even much of the contents of the Asimov FTP server are technically illegal, if I'm not mistaken. Of course, as companies go …

Re: Out of String Space Error 14

Posted on 2012-03-05, 17:05

I need to run QBasic-generated executable files on Win7 64-bit computers. ... I even attempted to run the BAS files within QBasic but got the same error. There are updated QBasic-compatible Windows-native Basic interpreters, if I'm not mistaken. Since you still have the BAS files, maybe they'd be …

Re: Multiple Floppy Images with MS-DOS

Posted on 2012-03-05, 16:50

The alternative to using the Boot command is to use "Virtual Floppy Drive", a Windows program that will mount floppy images. Specifically, you'd use VFD to mount the image, mount the virtual floppy drive in DOSBox, and swap in the new image with VFD when needed. As for Sierra's games, aren't those …

Useful Free Stuff from Giveawayoftheday

Posted on 2012-03-04, 18:37

in Milliways
Giveawayoftheday.com doesn't always have useful utilities up on offer, but interesting stuff does show up on occasion. Featured today is "2Tware Mount Disk Image 2012", which looks like a useful alternative to WinImage. http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/2tware-mount- … isk-image-2012/

Re: Regarding my video card: What can I upgrade to?

Posted on 2012-03-02, 17:09

in PC Emulation
As for my "Startup" folder, there's nothing in it. The problem still persists. There are other places to put a shortcut that will launch on startup. The best way to be sure is to use Autoruns from http://www.sysinternals.com (but do note that it will also list a lot of Windows components you …

Re: Best AGP Card for Old Win9x Games in XP?

Posted on 2012-03-01, 20:45

in Milliways
Concupiscence wrote: ...And actually it looks like I can persuade No One Lives Forever 2 to run in Win7! Really, if that's your concern, Jedi Knight II can almost certainly be persuaded to run under Win7. I'm not sure about Shogo, but it's definitely come up here before.

Re: Best OS9 and earlier exclusive games?

Posted on 2012-02-27, 17:08

Pegasus Prime, an extra-fancy version of The Journeyman Project. I also remain rather fond of Taskmaker and Tomb of the Taskmaker, which basically qualify as "roguelikes". And of course there is Cliff Johnson's wonderful "3 in Three". His other games had slightly inferior PC ports (except for At The …

Re: Parallel port and DOSbox

Posted on 2012-02-24, 23:18

We tried running at the command prompt, but this suite of DOS programs doesn't work in the command line world of Windows XP "It doesn't work" isn't terribly specific. Does it give you some kind of error message? Anyway, parallel port passthrough requires the "Megabuild" of DOSBox. As per http:// …

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