Uncle 80 Posted March 12, 2005 Hello. I was recently looking through some long-forgotten stuff lying on my HD, including some tools for Doom editing as well as some old games from the DOS era. My question is: Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a "MS-DOS emulator" that may help me get these old programs up 'n running? Preferrably compatible with 98 or XP... Thanks. 0 Share this post Link to post
Quast Posted March 12, 2005 http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted March 13, 2005 Uncle 80 said: Preferrably compatible with 98 or XP... You need a DOS emulator on Windows 98? 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted March 13, 2005 I know I do. Later versions of Win98 apparently have very limited DOS support. I still can't get sound to work, even with emulators. 0 Share this post Link to post
leileilol Posted March 13, 2005 myk said:You need a DOS emulator on Windows 98? You shouldn't, unless your soundcard absolutely sucks. 0 Share this post Link to post
Uncle 80 Posted March 13, 2005 myk said:You need a DOS emulator on Windows 98? The 'DOS' that comes with WIN98, at least my version, isn't at all compatible with programs that used to work fine on both 6.22 and 7.0, it seems.. Run-time errors and nasty lock-ups everywhere, no matter how much i disable sound, make fancy PIFs or boot the computer in 'DOS' mode. 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted March 13, 2005 It's most likely due to what gargoylol said. Sound cards, video cards or mice (or other hardware; even some software) specifically made for Windows may cause problems in Windows 98's DOS. I say this because I use many old DOS programs (from the early 90s) while running full Windows 98, without issues. 0 Share this post Link to post
alexz721 Posted March 13, 2005 With Windows 98, modification of the config.sys file is all you should need to do to get most DOS games to work. 0 Share this post Link to post
Uncle 80 Posted March 14, 2005 alexz721 said:With Windows 98, modification of the config.sys file is all you should need to do to get most DOS games to work. I haven't had much success by changing either the autoexec or config files, any tips? 0 Share this post Link to post
alexz721 Posted March 15, 2005 Uncle 80 said:I haven't had much success by changing either the autoexec or config files, any tips? Here's what my config.sys file for Windows 98 looks like: BUFFERS=30 FILES=60 DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS DOS=HIGH,UMB DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM Apply those lines and restart your computer. It should enable most games to work. I have some more tips if that doesn't work. 0 Share this post Link to post
Uncle 80 Posted March 15, 2005 alexz721 said:I have some more tips if that doesn't work. Bring it on :) 0 Share this post Link to post