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[Rogue]

Omuletzu,
how do you download game in to DOS machine?

[marko river]

Originally posted by Anubis@Dec 11 2004, 03:07 AM
Omuletzu,
how do you download game in to DOS machine?

Good question.....

Also, Omuletzu is right. It is unlogic to provide DOS games only for people without DOS.

then, Freddy is right too. I think that zip files that are zipped with winzip still can be unpacked with unzip.exe (or maybe old one pkunzip).

Maybe we should supply archives for every game we have packed with arj.exe. Still I doub that this will be granted and that this is necessary.

At the end, I guess that it would be great idea if we have files or links to them that use DOS enviroment, like unzip.exe. Maybe arj.exe is not needed, but there surely are others that would be useful or at least make us look more professional, like memmaker or sutch.

Hope some big guy will read this and bring this question to debate....

[Omuletzu]

I plan to upload many DOS apps.
Somebody mentioned how do you dl games in DOS
I don't know
I dl games for DOS from my good comp.I then burn them on CD and copy them on the old comp
There are apps that can provide access to internet while in MS DOS, or so i heard.
And another thing: the way files are packed right now is perfect.The archives can be read in Windows AND in DOS.So i don't think that needs to be changed.I only made this topic as a reminder.I would't want Abandonia to become a Underdogs clone.

You might want to check this site for further details on DOS aplications

[Omuletzu]

Oh and it would be nice if, for every pdf manual, you would create a txt counterpart, so i can read it from DOS

[Rogue]

Originally posted by Omuletzu@Dec 14 2004, 10:29 AM
Oh and it would be nice if, for every pdf manual, you would create a txt counterpart, so i can read it from DOS

There is a dos version of adobe acrobat, if i'm not mistaken.

Why don't you extract the games in folders, before you burn them on to CD?

Originally posted by Anubis@Dec 14 2004, 04:40 PM
There is a dos version of adobe acrobat, if i'm not mistaken.

I think this version is pretty old and cannot read the new .pdf-files that are available now...

[Omuletzu]

I haven't been able to locate such a file, please provide a link!
I don't understand your question

[bastin]

Hi all! I think that DosBox 0.62 - the better than Windows 95/98/Me. But whith some games it looks badly !!!

[Eagle of Fire]

I fear I do not completely understand what you meant Bastin.

BTW, version 0.63 of DOSBox is out already. You might want to check it out if you did not know yet.

As long as old games goes, the good old original DOS is always the best option to make those games run nicely. The only problem is the speed compatibility, which is corrected in DOSBox when you play with the cycles. If you have, say, a pentium and want to play an old game like, for example, Ufo: Ennemy Unknown... Well, that's what CPU killers and slowdown programs been made for.

I know that old computers I used to play with could use CD-roms in DOS. In fact, some older games needed a CD-rom to be able to play (C&C awesome install sequence spring to mind :angel: ). So, I would say that downloading a game, burn it on CD and then take it to an old computer is an option. Costly and time consuming, but an option nevertheless.

Another option, easier and less costly, is to use DOSBox. What you need tough is a nice performing machine, I would recommend 1 gigahertz minimum (1000mhz). I myself have a 2000 mhz machine and I never encoutered a game in DOSBox which I was not able to play with.

For the current debate... The point in providing games with pdf files and zips which could possibly not be able to work in old DOS machines is simple: those machines (and those people who are using them right now) are not the indented audience. The real intended audience is those who don't know these games and wish to know how it was back in the old days. The whole concept of Abadonware is not to let old games die and be forgotten forever, would that game be a complete piece of crap or not. It really fits my province anthem, "I remember".

So I say that, while it would sure be interesting to have only stuff compatible with DOS and all, it should not be our primary concern. Someone who have an older machine is likely to know what do to to make it work and have a very good base of information and knowledge on the matter. They will most likely know what they can or not do. If they know they can't have .pdf files on their old computer, they'll print it out on paper for future reference. If they know their old computer have no remove access whatsoever, they will find a way to copy the files (either on disk or on CD) and transfer them.

Anyways, that's my oppinion on the matter.

[Omuletzu]

Back to topic: where can i get a program that reads pdf files in dos??