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re: Older DOS programs
Friday, January 11, 2002 at 10:20 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Lazerus
(284 messages posted)
There isn't, even the command prompt in Windows 2000 is an emulation of DOS and not
actual DOS. There is no work around for this, you'll need to dual boot with a 9x
platform that still supports DOS. DOS has gone the way of the dinosaurs, won't anything
be running I bet in the next couple of years.
Regards
Lazerus
On Friday, January 11, 2002 at 8:03 pm, Andrew wrote:
>I have a question about My
>extra-cool DOS game won't run under Windows:
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>I run Windows 2000 Professional, but have several older DOS programs such as a Pascal
>compiler and a few games such as Heretic, Hexen, Duke3D, Doom, etc.
>These games refuse to run under Windows 2000 at all, instead (in the case of games)
>locking up while going through the initialization routines (eg. Doom's scrolling
>periods during init). In the case of my compiler, any attempts to run the compiled
>programs trigger Runtime Error 200 - Division by Zero, even if they were compiled
>before I changed operating systems.
>Video is fine, as the compiler has no problems with it, and the games all use low-res
>modes or VESA drivers handled by the card itself. They all ran under Windows 98
>(exact same computer and parts).
>
>Is there any sort of work-around or fix I can use, seems to how I've never seen
an
>option for a startup disk in Windows 2000, and I doubt Creative makes SoundBlaster
>Live drivers for DOS. I'm planning on purchasing a new hard drive in the next few
>weeks, and I'll probably partition off a space for Windows 98 and the older programs,
>but there's got to be a better way than that.
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- Older DOS programs (Andrew: Friday, January 11, 2002 at 8:03 pm)
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