On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 10:01:58AM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > hi bryan, > > DOS programs generally don't work on wine. so if you're talking about > really old ones like redneck rampage, you need to use DOSEMU. > > if you're talking about win32 stuff, what games? most of the older > stuff works really well on winex. > > and note the "x" at the end of "winex". wine is not winex. and winex > is not wine. > > winex: > you must pay for it. works out to be $5/month > specifically for games > > wine: > free > not too good with games. useless for direct-x stuff. > > note that i've been told that DOSEMU can run some win32 apps (by DOSEMU > developers), and wine/winex can run a few DOS apps (by wine developers). > but i have yet to see an example for myself. ;) > > pete > Pete, I do indeed have winex. The game in question is Longbow 2, which came out around 1997. It wants DirectX 5ish, I think. Transgaming doesn't even have a support page for Longbow 2, although they do have one for Jane's i686, the submarine sim that came out directly after Longbow 2 (or thereabouts). Although they aren't supporting it yet, the one comment a user had was that the game's installer complains about being unable to access the CD, then dies. I experienced the same thing with Longbow 2. To me, that almost sounds like something that might just require a little config tweaking, but like I said, I'm not good with wine/winex.
Thanks for reminding me about dosemu. Another program I was wanting to run was Thrustmaster C&CC, the utility used for programming TM joysticks and throttles. It's a DOS program. (apt-get install... attempt to run...) Ok, what does "Sorry, there is no operating system. Have a nice day!" mean? Hahaha so much to learn. -Bryan _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
