old DOS games in XP

[smith]

I'm trying to run some games that were designed for a DOS
machine of 10 years ago. Instead of running too fast I
find that they run too slow. They seemed OK when I tried
on win95 some years back. Is XP trying to correct for my
computer's speed? Running in windows 95 compatibility mode
didn't change anything. Should I tweak the memory options
in the application properties?

 

[Chris H.]

Here's a repeat of Jimmy's post about three minutes before you posted:
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You're in luck. In the past, I've been offering a Multi
bootdisk solution, which essentially is a diskette you
can boot from to have a real DOS environment to be
able to play DOS games in. However, ideally it would
be nice to be able to create that environment inside of
XP. This can be done using VM Ware, but it's costly.

Two (free/shareware) solutions exist: DOSBOX is one:
of them: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php
and TameDos was brought to my attention by Chris H.:
http://www.tamedos.com/downloads/downloads.htm

Give us some feedback on those. Which one did you
find the easiest to use; most adaptable; the fastest?

--
Cheers,
Jimmy S.

Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk
Microsoft Online Tech Support: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
Game FAQ's: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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[smith]

I'm impressed. Dosbox actually gets the job done. Though
it doesn't support "protected mode" games yet. I don't see
why I should have to use a 3rd party dos emulator; You'd
think microsoft would be better at emulating its own
product in xp.

-----Original Message-----
Here's a repeat of Jimmy's post about three minutes before you posted:
=====
You're in luck. In the past, I've been offering a Multi
bootdisk solution, which essentially is a diskette you
can boot from to have a real DOS environment to be
able to play DOS games in. However, ideally it would
be nice to be able to create that environment inside of
XP. This can be done using VM Ware, but it's costly.

Two (free/shareware) solutions exist: DOSBOX is one:
of them: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php
and TameDos was brought to my attention by Chris H.:
http://www.tamedos.com/downloads/downloads.htm

Give us some feedback on those. Which one did you
find the easiest to use; most adaptable; the fastest?

--
Cheers,
Jimmy S.

Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk
Microsoft Online Tech Support: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
Game FAQ's: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=FH;[LN];gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
=====
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -

I'm trying to run some games that were designed for a DOS
machine of 10 years ago. Instead of running too fast I
find that they run too slow. They seemed OK when I tried
on win95 some years back. Is XP trying to correct for my
computer's speed? Running in windows 95 compatibility mode
didn't change anything. Should I tweak the memory options
in the application properties?

.

 

[Chris H.]

Microsoft "killed" DOS with the launch of Windows XP. Even the video of the
launch in New York City shows Bill Gates "exiting" the C:\ prompt for the
last time.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -

I'm impressed. Dosbox actually gets the job done. Though
it doesn't support "protected mode" games yet. I don't see
why I should have to use a 3rd party dos emulator; You'd
think microsoft would be better at emulating its own
product in xp.

-----Original Message-----
Here's a repeat of Jimmy's post about three minutes before you posted:
=====
You're in luck. In the past, I've been offering a Multi
bootdisk solution, which essentially is a diskette you
can boot from to have a real DOS environment to be
able to play DOS games in. However, ideally it would
be nice to be able to create that environment inside of
XP. This can be done using VM Ware, but it's costly.

Two (free/shareware) solutions exist: DOSBOX is one:
of them: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php
and TameDos was brought to my attention by Chris H.:
http://www.tamedos.com/downloads/downloads.htm

Give us some feedback on those. Which one did you
find the easiest to use; most adaptable; the fastest?

--
Cheers,
Jimmy S.

Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk
Microsoft Online Tech Support: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
Game FAQ's: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=FH;[LN];gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
=====
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -

I'm trying to run some games that were designed for a DOS
machine of 10 years ago. Instead of running too fast I
find that they run too slow. They seemed OK when I tried
on win95 some years back. Is XP trying to correct for my
computer's speed? Running in windows 95 compatibility mode
didn't change anything. Should I tweak the memory options
in the application properties?

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