how can i get an xp vm On 6/19/13, Thomas Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Josh, > > Well, personally I think a Windows XP virtual machine is the best > solution for playing these old games. I am saying that both as a > Windows user and a Linux user. Reason being that Dosbox isn't > accessible on any platform, and while Dosemu works on Linux I've never > been able to get it to play sound while running as a dumb terminal. > > Besides that there are a number of other accessible games that for one > reason or another that just runs better on XP. I can think of a lot of > games written in VB 6 that really run better on XP, and just aren't as > well supported on Windows 7. Therefore if you are going to go through > the trouble of setting up an XP virtual machine you might as well as > install all of your older games on it rather than using Dosemu etc. > > For example, I've spent some time this last week trying to get a > number of audio games running using Wine on Linux. Besides being a > pain in the butt to setup and get working correctly there are a number > of games that crash using Wine. However, if I Install XP on Linux > using VMWare or Virtual Box they run fine. So an XP virtual machine is > the best solution all and all. > > On 6/19/13, Josh Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: >> so what do you think is the best way to play these old games? linux with >> dosemu or a windows xp vm? >> >> > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. >
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