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Forum: General compatibility fixes 09-01-2009, 11:14 PM

Replies: 38 Anyone using real DOS on contemporary hardware for gaming? Views: 20,406 Posted By dipo Thanks for the report. :thumbs: I've also spend... Thanks for the report. :thumbs: I've also spend a lot time with forcing a new computer to do things he isn't made for. Now I got a big FAT32 partition where I multi boot FreeDOS, MS-DOS 7.1 and...

Forum: General compatibility fixes 06-12-2008, 06:49 PM

Replies: 38 Dos 6, 7 Or Freedos? Views: 26,990 Posted By dipo Better? Them are two complete different things.... Better? Them are two complete different things. The one is an emulator, the other one is an operating system. For a newish PC user DOSBox is more easy to setup then FreeDOS. I am using FreeDOS and...

Forum: General compatibility fixes 01-08-2008, 03:55 PM

Replies: 38 Anyone using real DOS on contemporary hardware for gaming? Views: 20,406 Posted By dipo I remember now why I wasn't using MS-DOS... I remember now why I wasn't using MS-DOS 7.10. EMM386 didn't start well because of "can't set page frame address". FreeDOS worked out of the box. This might have me believe that FreeDOS is currently...

Forum: General compatibility fixes 28-07-2008, 01:22 PM

Replies: 38 Anyone using real DOS on contemporary hardware for gaming? Views: 20,406 Posted By dipo Maybe those slowdown programs help? I know... Maybe those slowdown programs help? I know that and I don't really want to buy old hardware. In this thread I asked explicitly if someone takes this challenge on that fast hardware (or even...

Forum: General compatibility fixes 28-07-2008, 07:15 AM

Replies: 38 Anyone using real DOS on contemporary hardware for gaming? Views: 20,406 Posted By dipo Yes, but it has still all old features. So it... Yes, but it has still all old features. So it shouldn't matter?

Forum: General compatibility fixes 27-07-2008, 08:39 PM

Replies: 38 Anyone using real DOS on contemporary hardware for gaming? Views: 20,406 Posted By dipo I see, misunderstanding on my side. Ok, got it.... I see, misunderstanding on my side. Ok, got it. And agreed, DosBox is more easy without much configuration and driver fiddling.

Forum: General compatibility fixes 27-07-2008, 07:01 PM

Replies: 38 Anyone using real DOS on contemporary hardware for gaming? Views: 20,406 Posted By dipo Eh? Really? Thought 486 DX with ISA soundcard is... Eh? Really? Thought 486 DX with ISA soundcard is best. Well, it's 3 GHZ. Enough for any purpose as a private user (ok, except vista dx10 games). It's not the hottest with 64 bit and...

Forum: General compatibility fixes 27-07-2008, 04:58 PM

Replies: 38 Anyone using real DOS on contemporary hardware for gaming? Views: 20,406 Posted By dipo Aladdin... Aladdin (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/2/Aladdin.html) starts and runs for a short time with great sound. But after a while it seams like a key in the keyboard is pressed all the time, but it...

Forum: General compatibility fixes 27-07-2008, 03:09 PM

Replies: 0 Qemu + Bochs - Emulators for DOS Views: 5,719 Posted By dipo Qemu + Bochs - Emulators for DOS I didn't found a lot about this two emulators in the forums, only about VMware , VirtualPC, DosBox and VMDSound. Recently I tested Qemu and Bochs (With Windows XP as host computer). I want to tell...

Forum: General compatibility fixes 27-07-2008, 02:52 PM

Replies: 11 Worth to invest into VMware + DOS 6.22 ? Views: 17,407 Posted By dipo From retrospective view I can tell you that... From retrospective view I can tell you that VMware is no good platform for any DOS purposes. The emulations is simply to bad. However, VMware is ok for newer operating systems. Not gaming, but very...

Forum: General compatibility fixes 27-07-2008, 12:15 PM

Replies: 38 Anyone using real DOS on contemporary hardware for gaming? Views: 20,406 Posted By dipo Anyone using real DOS on contemporary hardware for gaming? I love DosBox very much and I am also aware of VMDsound and such. But some games didn't run well or sound was flickering. So I decided to create dual booting on my Pentium 3 - FreeDOS and XP....

Forum: Blah, blah, blah... 23-03-2008, 09:29 PM

Replies: 38 Starting a petition "microsoft release DOS 6.22 source code"? Maybe on abandonia.com? Views: 19,100 Posted By dipo Why you are so sure that no one could profit from... Why you are so sure that no one could profit from it? All bugs I am talking about are already discussed a lot in their forums. The developers seam not to be able to fix it (don`t want to say bad...

Forum: Blah, blah, blah... 23-03-2008, 07:58 PM

Replies: 38 Starting a petition "microsoft release DOS 6.22 source code"? Maybe on abandonia.com? Views: 19,100 Posted By dipo A petition does not cost much money because... A petition does not cost much money because server coast. Siging in and writing down stuff isn`t expensive. There is also no legal risk. People ask, them say yes or no or ignore it. That`s all. No...

Forum: Blah, blah, blah... 23-03-2008, 06:53 PM

Replies: 38 Starting a petition "microsoft release DOS 6.22 source code"? Maybe on abandonia.com? Views: 19,100 Posted By dipo MS-DOS 6.22 is more compatible then dosbox.... MS-DOS 6.22 is more compatible then dosbox. Dosbox does not have all details of the internals of MS-DOS 6.22. Dosbox and FreeDOS could become better if them would know it. The simple question is, is...

Forum: Blah, blah, blah... 23-03-2008, 04:45 PM

Replies: 38 Starting a petition "microsoft release DOS 6.22 source code"? Maybe on abandonia.com? Views: 19,100 Posted By dipo At no point the old version will get lost. No one... At no point the old version will get lost. No one will every force you to use any new version. If you want you can still stick to the old/normal one. Nothing to be scared about.

Forum: Blah, blah, blah... 23-03-2008, 03:19 PM

Replies: 38 Starting a petition "microsoft release DOS 6.22 source code"? Maybe on abandonia.com? Views: 19,100 Posted By dipo I think the motto needs to be more "don`t give up... I think the motto needs to be more "don`t give up before trying". Micosoft made some Open Source short time ago, them also promised better interop and stop fighting Free Software. Some...

Forum: Blah, blah, blah... 23-03-2008, 02:13 PM

Replies: 38 Starting a petition "microsoft release DOS 6.22 source code"? Maybe on abandonia.com? Views: 19,100 Posted By dipo Starting a petition "microsoft release DOS 6.22 source code"? Maybe on abandonia.com? There are some projects who want to provide an environment where you can old dos stuff on newer windows such as xp or vista. (Such as dosbox and FreeDOS...) Those projects are good, but them are not...

Forum: General compatibility fixes 23-03-2008, 01:44 PM

Replies: 11 Worth to invest into VMware + DOS 6.22 ? Views: 17,407 Posted By dipo There was some instructions to get sound working... There was some instructions to get sound working in dos and vmware. But if you are telling me it isn`t 100% compatible then I won`t lose time with trying something that won`t get good. Thanks for...

Forum: General compatibility fixes 23-03-2008, 01:05 PM

Replies: 11 Worth to invest into VMware + DOS 6.22 ? Views: 17,407 Posted By dipo Yes I want DOS inside a virtual machine because I... Yes I want DOS inside a virtual machine because I have no very old comp and not really the space in my flat for a second comp. I plan to use DOS inisde a virtual machine and want to know if it`s...

Forum: General compatibility fixes 23-03-2008, 12:25 PM

Replies: 11 Worth to invest into VMware + DOS 6.22 ? Views: 17,407 Posted By dipo Worth to invest into VMware + DOS 6.22 ? I have read the thread about DR-DOS vs MS-DOS 6.22 vs DOS 7 and vs FreeDOS. MS-DOS 6.22 seams to be the most compatible one for old games. I have quite a lot experience already with VMware but it`s...

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