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re: Advice for running abandonware DOS games under XP
Sunday, January 30, 2005 at 1:36 pm
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Posted by phantom (5578 messages posted)


Bad link.




On Sunday, January 30, 2005 at 10:10 am, Trogdor wrote:
>If you're trying to run a really old DOS game under XP, there is a simple solution:
> dosbox.sourceforge.net


>
>This is an open source project that is distributed free of charge, and has no spyware.
> It runs DOS in an emulated window, and has nice features for emulating hardware
>such as old displays, soundcards, mouse drivers, etc. You can download it by following
>the above link, clicking the Download menu, and then clicking the Windows install.
> See the website for more info.


>
>This tool is great for running games like the early Ultimas, Goblins, Out of this
>World, etc.


>
>TROGDOR




Written in response to:
Advice for running abandonware DOS games under XP (Trogdor: Sunday, January 30, 2005 at 10:10 am)

Responses to this message:
*re: Advice for running abandonware DOS games under XP (Matthew D. Healy: Sunday, January 30, 2005 at 2:41 pm)
*re: Advice for running abandonware DOS games under XP (wildfire: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 8:46 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Advice for running abandonware DOS games under XP (Trogdor: Sun, Jan 30, 2005, 10:10 am)
-re: Advice for running abandonware DOS games under XP (phantom: Sun, Jan 30, 2005, 1:36 pm)
*re: Advice for running abandonware DOS games under XP (Matthew D. Healy: Sun, Jan 30, 2005, 2:41 pm)
-re: Advice for running abandonware DOS games under XP (wildfire: Tue, Mar 29, 2005, 8:46 pm)
*re: Advice for running abandonware DOS games under XP (Falcon: Wed, Mar 30, 2005, 7:36 am)
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