At 23:19 15/01/2007, you wrote:
>What passes for DOS behind most Windows - I believe this applies also >to W98 - is a psuedo-DOS. I am not sure how much difference that makes, >but there are other issues. Most old DOS games will not run on newer >machines because they were created for much slower processing speeds. >Any such games that I have left over won't run on anything much over >100mHz -- most machines today are well more than ten times that. I got >some to work on my initial 160 mHz Dell, but not all, and nothing >since... Dosbox, (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net) is supposed to allow you to play old games etc. using XP. I tried it for running Proplab Pro, a DOS based propagation simulator, but wasn't entirely successful as there seem to be some video display incompatability with a laptop at any rate, but others sing its praises for gaming. Proplab itself went peculiar often enough using DOS and W98 machines, so one could never be sure how much problem was with the program anyway. It's still being sold so someone, somewhere must be using it successfully. (I guess) Nick **************************************************************************** Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, B.C. Canada **************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
