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Offline Bodhi

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Anyone have a good DOS emulator for Windows XP machines???
« on: April 20, 2004, 09:16:31 AM »
ANyone know where a good DOS emulator is that will run on Windows XP?
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Offline AKIron

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Anyone have a good DOS emulator for Windows XP machines???
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2004, 09:29:38 AM »
Microsoft has one called Microsoft Virtual PC. Runs about $130 and will require you to then install DOS. Can also run Windows 95 and up on it, OS/2 also I believe. I have it installed with DOS and Win98, works well.
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Offline vorticon

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Anyone have a good DOS emulator for Windows XP machines???
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2004, 12:46:40 PM »
or you can partition of a couple gigabytes of space and install dos and windows 95 or 98 on it and go from there...or if you have a old machine just install that harddrive on your new system...
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Offline Manedew

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« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2004, 01:50:25 PM »
could use VMware maybe and acutlly have a dos partition :)>
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Offline dweebespit

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Anyone have a good DOS emulator for Windows XP machines???
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2004, 04:04:25 PM »
If you hit up elderscrolls.com, they've got a link to a dos emulator they reccomend using with one of their oldie but goldies that they recently released for free.
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Offline straffo

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Anyone have a good DOS emulator for Windows XP machines???
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2004, 04:09:41 PM »
You can also make a bootable CD or a boot disk.
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Offline Seeker

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Anyone have a good DOS emulator for Windows XP machines???
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2004, 04:23:02 PM »
Why do you need it?

XP has a command line interface if you want to just "geek" around; and XP also includes DOS compatability features.

While both MS virtual PC and VM ware (same product; actually) are very good solutions for specific purposes; remember that you need the extra horsepower for each virtual machine.

My work lap top (on which I'm writing this) can carry it's selve; a Windows 2003 domain controler; a Win 2003 exchange server plus 2 win XP clients in VM ware; but then it's a 2.2 gig machine with a gig of RAM; and while it all works for testing purposes; that configuaration hardly sets the performance bench marks alight.

What is it you're trying to do?
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Offline vorticon

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« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2004, 04:29:52 PM »
XP's compatibility features are a joke...i have never gotten ANY game to work with them EVER...command line is good for "geeking" around but from the looks of it hes trying to run a dos app or game or some-such...

it would be cheaper to buy a second hand 486 or early pentium to than microsoft virtual PC
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Offline SKurj

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« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2004, 05:33:12 PM »
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