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marky -> Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 11:33:24 AM)

lomngstory short

im trying to get my copy of the old SSN21 Seawolf game running on my computer

i miss playing it, but its in DOS, and i have no clue how to get it running

pleeeeaz help me get this game running i missed playin it!



Sardaukar -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 12:14:23 PM)

Try using DosBox emulator.

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/



marky -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 12:15:30 PM)

i tried i couldnt get the stupid thing to work [:(]


wat about a DOS bopot disk?

thats wat i use to use, my brother in law made it, but i cant find the damn thing [:(]



Sardaukar -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 12:39:37 PM)

Check this:

http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php



marky -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 12:42:16 PM)

thankyz Sar ill have to play around with it[:)]



marky -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 12:45:48 PM)

actually that doesnt help either[:(][:(][&:][&:][&:]



marky -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 12:55:19 PM)

why cant the eggheads that wrote this crap make it simple for the rest of us who dont underrstand this #$%#$%

[:(]



marky -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 12:57:33 PM)

WHOEVER WROTE DOS SHOULD BE SHOT!



marky -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 12:57:50 PM)

CLUSTER##$%#$% FUBAR!



marky -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 12:58:07 PM)

if i hadnt shaved my head id be tearing out my hair!!!



marky -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 1:05:35 PM)

aiii sorry guys just frustrated



marky -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 1:05:44 PM)

wheres my easy button...



frank1970 -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 1:06:47 PM)

I donīt know what your problem is. The text is quite understandable if you studied DOS! [:D]



marky -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 1:08:37 PM)

i didnt[:D]



marky -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 1:09:14 PM)

and its easy for a sceintist and asssistant professor to say that! [:D][:D][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif]

gigglez



frank1970 -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 1:16:32 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: marky

and its easy for a sceintist and asssistant professor to say that! [:D][:D][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif][sm=00000028.gif]

gigglez



exactly!

And I was a gamer in the 80s, so I had to learn how to optimize your Config.sys and autoexec.bat. The first real help was a application called memmaker, which was quite good im giving the right amount of memory for your games.Much better was Qemm.
Whoever was able to get more than 620KB was really quite good.



marky -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 1:25:14 PM)

well while u were playin around with dos i wasnt even a twinkle in my dads eye, old man [:D]

gigglez



frank1970 -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 1:27:22 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: marky

well while u were playin around with dos i wasnt even a twinkle in my dads eye, old man [:D]

gigglez



Sometimes it has to have advantages to be old, my boy! [sm=Cool-049.gif]



marky -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 1:35:02 PM)

yes indeeed.

i cant wait till i have sum money and steady income [:)]


i just gotta decide wat degree to get first [:D]



wdolson -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 1:40:20 PM)

GUIs have made people soft. After some of the beasts I've struggled with, DOS was a walk in the park.

If you have a copy of DOS, or even Windows 95/98, you can download Virtual PC from Microsoft. They give it away now. It creates a separate system on your computer that is a virtual PC within Windows XP (or 2000). I've run a number of old DOS games quite well this way.

You still need to format the virtual drive and install the new operating system, but once setup, it's like you have a separate computer running that OS. I found it much easier to deal with than DosBox.

Bill



marky -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 1:49:06 PM)

hmm

and its safe and it wont hurt anything?



marky -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 2:18:15 PM)

like how easy would it be tyo get it running?



marky -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 2:34:07 PM)

im running Windows XP btw



wdolson -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 2:34:35 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: marky

hmm

and its safe and it wont hurt anything?



It takes up some disk space, but I never had any problems.

Bill



marky -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 2:43:32 PM)

thanky [:)]



JamesM -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 2:45:58 PM)

Marky,

Have you thought of dual booting?

I have win98 and winxp.



marky -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 2:47:57 PM)

wish i had a readme for it



wworld7 -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 3:44:35 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: marky

WHOEVER WROTE DOS SHOULD BE SHOT!


Marky,

DOS, In my humble opinion was and is much easier to figure out and configure than Windows.

Yes, I am older, but DOS is your friend, it is Windows that is with the Darkside...

Flipper



frank1970 -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 3:46:11 PM)

No, it were those windows versions above 3.X. until then everything was fine.



rtrapasso -> RE: Running a DOS game in Windows XP (3/7/2007 3:46:42 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: flipperwasirish


quote:

ORIGINAL: marky

WHOEVER WROTE DOS SHOULD BE SHOT!


Marky,

DOS, In my humble opinion was and is much easier to figure out and configure than Windows.

Yes, I am older, but DOS is your friend, it is Windows that is with the Darkside...

Flipper


too true... [:D]



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