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 May 1 2005, 01:14 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 3-January 05 Member No.: 39863  |
Hi people,
can anyone enlighten me as to how to play ms dos games in XP? I've formatted a floppy to read ms-dos (ballistic game) but when I inset the disc (A drive) is comes up with command prompt: :A/.......... what do I tell the command prompt? Are there any websites specific to this? Cheers Mitch 
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May 1 2005, 08:39 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 537 Joined: 15-February 05 From: Leesburg, VA Member No.: 44092 
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Using all of the compatability settings in xp shold allow you to run them. Check 85 and all of the other stuff then run the program. This is better than in 2000.
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May 2 2005, 01:49 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 3-January 05 Member No.: 39863 |
Sorry mate, no go.
Program Compatibilty Wizard won't allow the 16 bit application on my 32 bit. However info was sent to MS for their comment thanks Anyone else? 
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May 2 2005, 02:07 AM
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Friend of MSFN Group: Members Posts: 928 Joined: 26-December 03 Member No.: 11482 |
For help:
http://www.dosgamesonline.com/index/dosgamesxp/ The tool: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1 Good luck. |
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