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Advice for running abandonware DOS games under XP
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Advice for running abandonware DOS games under XP
Sunday, January 30, 2005 at 10:10 am
Posted by Trogdor
(5 messages posted)
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
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re: Advice for running abandonware DOS games under XP
Sunday, January 30, 2005 at 1:36 pm
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
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>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.
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>This tool is great for running games like the early Ultimas, Goblins, Out of this
>World, etc.
>
>TROGDOR
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re: Advice for running abandonware DOS games under XP
Sunday, January 30, 2005 at 2:41 pm
Posted by Matthew D. Healy
(1255 messages posted)
Methinks the poster intended to say:
dosbox.sourceforge.net/
That URL at least works, but I've no idea how the
software works since I have not tried it. But if it does
not work, since it is
open source anybody who wants
can try to fix it...
On Sunday, January 30, 2005 at 1:36 pm, phantom wrote:
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re: Advice for running abandonware DOS games under XP
Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 8:46 pm
Posted by wildfire
(1 messages posted)
Actually, the URL is good, but you can't click on the link from here, this site somehow
blocks you from leaving. If you type it into the address bar yourself, you'll get
there. I'm trying to download the program now.
On Sunday, January 30, 2005 at 1:36 pm, phantom wrote:
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re: Advice for running abandonware DOS games under XP
Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at 7:36 am
Posted by Falcon
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No, the site does not block you from leaving. The poster simply forgot the vital
"http://" on the front of the link.
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