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martinlundwall
12-09-2002, 04:11 PM
I have troubble getting old DOS classics like Slix n Slide and the Gauntlet to work. Is there any trick on how to attack them?

Is there someting special that I should do?
bwkaz
12-09-2002, 05:32 PM
Um, DOS is not Linux...

You need to use something like dosemu. And if the game uses DPMI (DOS Protected-Mode Interface, generally it's a good indication that they do if the startup says something about a DOS extender or whatnot), then it pretty much won't work at all.
Icarus
12-09-2002, 06:58 PM
Originally posted by bwkaz
Um, DOS is not Linux... Still can't believe what Patrick on The Screen Savers said right to Linus's face..."Isn't Linux just an over-glorified DOS?" :p


DOSemu works very well if you have a reliable DOS boot image (Win95 boot disk worked the best for me)
martinlundwall
12-10-2002, 09:09 AM
Originally posted by bwkaz
Um, DOS is not Linux...


Well of course Linux isn't DOS! That is one of the big resons why I use Linux.

I do not have a DOS boot image since I don't want anything to do with Microsoft. Is there any other way to get DOSemu to work? Without the boot image?
bwkaz
12-10-2002, 10:42 AM
dosemu comes with a copy of FreeDOS, which it boots. However, I don't know how well that works...
Icarus
12-11-2002, 12:11 AM
Originally posted by bwkaz
dosemu comes with a copy of FreeDOS, which it boots. However, I don't know how well that works... I didn't have very much luck with FreeDOS...expecially with games. Win95 worked the best, Win98 I couldn't get the sound to work

This guy has boot disks you can download
http://www.putergeek.com/downloads/
But he was nice enough to make them as .exe's for you :mad:

Here's Win98 (http://home.attbi.com/~cerelli/win98_boot.zip) in a zip file..no idea what's in it :rolleyes:
Here's a bizzar list (http://www.powerload.fsnet.co.uk/bootdisk.htm) of boot images some guy has archived since DOS 3.3 :eek:
bwkaz
12-11-2002, 02:04 PM
Originally posted by mahdi
But he was nice enough to make them as .exe's for you :mad: Sometimes, Linux' unzip can read .exe's, if they're just self-extracting WinZip / pkzip archives. Try to unzip -l the file, to see if it can read it (and to find out what files are in it) first, though.
Bizza
12-13-2002, 11:12 AM
Hi there,

I'd recommend www.bootdisk.com for your choice of bootdisk (it has them all) It also has various utilities like Ranish etc.

You may also need to find a utility to slow down the machine otherwise rick dangerous will look like benny hill :).

I think www.dosgames.com has the utility


Cheers
ssjf
12-13-2002, 11:25 AM
Originally posted by mahdi
Still can't believe what Patrick on The Screen Savers said right to Linus's face..."Isn't Linux just an over-glorified DOS?" :p


DOSemu works very well if you have a reliable DOS boot image (Win95 boot disk worked the best for me)

Gosh... What did Linus say? What an insult.:(