On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 03:32 +0000, dos386 wrote: > > I'm not even sure there's a reason to have FreeDOS in the mix. > > Sure there is, especially if your 98 copy isn't legal.
My copy is sort of legal, but I don't have as many licenses for it as I have computers running it. The computer I'm running Windows 98 on is under spec for emulation. It only has a K6-2 500 processor. So yes, if I can run hxrt on top of freedos and come up with some sort of packet driver for the PCI Realtek network card... that will be legal and I won't have to worry about how many computers I'm setting up to play Warcraft II. I am curious if you can run Warcraft II under Wine on more powerful computers and apply ipxwrapper to get around the no IPX problem? I've run Warcraft II via Wine, but I've never tried to play a network game with that kind of setup. A 98 clone or ReactOS stabilized is definitely needed for these old games. DOS is a good choice on aging computers where anything that operates at speeds below a gigaherz is an antique already, except for embedded processors. Actually, ReactOS used to an effort to clone Windows 95 until that was abandoned in favor of the NT architecture. Sadly, there probably isn't the interest to support cloning 98. I use Freedos for a lot of my old games, but 95/98 era games are not always compatible with plain old dos. I wonder if Freedos32 some day will have extensions to support old games designed for Windows 98? There was an effort to produce a free clone of Warcraft II called Freecraft, but that effort was squashed by Blizzard. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
