Hi, all!

I've run my BBS since 1990; when I started out I ran all my apps on an AT running DOS 3.21.

While my BBS is now on the internet and running on XP, I've started using
more and more of my old DOS apps in a DOSBOX window. In XP, lots of them
won't run at all, but in a DOSBOX window they run like a charm.

Is anyone else running DOSBOX? I'm having a lot of fun being able to run a "real" DOS again.

--kW

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While my BBS is now on the internet and running on XP, I've started using more and more of my old DOS apps in a DOSBOX window. In XP, lots of them won't run at all, but in a DOSBOX window they run like a charm.

Hello Kurt...

What are you calling a DOSBOX exactly? Are you running command.com instead of cmd.exe?

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While my BBS is now on the internet and running on XP, I've started
using more and more of my old DOS apps in a DOSBOX window. In XP,
lots of them won't run at all, but in a DOSBOX window they run like
a charm.

Hello Kurt...

What are you calling a DOSBOX exactly?

http://www.dosbox.com/

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Hello Kurt...

What are you calling a DOSBOX exactly? Are you running command.com instead cmd.exe?

He's calling DOSBOX, DOSBOX ... it's on sourceforge.org ... just google DOSBOX. It allows programs to be run in a "DOS box" at a set speed, cpu, ram, etc. Great for old games that only ran on 25 MHz. machines, etc.

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Dustin Cook wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

What are you calling a DOSBOX exactly? Are you running command.com
instead of cmd.exe?

Dosbox (http://www.dosbox.com/) is an X86 emulator with DOS. It emulates a
DOS environment very well. From their web page:

DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library which makes DOSBox very
easy to port to different platforms. DOSBox has already been ported to many different platforms, such as Windows, BeOS, Linux, MacOS X...

DOSBox also emulates CPU:286/386 realmode/protected mode, Directory FileSystem/XMS/EMS, Tandy/Hercules/CGA/EGA/VGA/VESA graphics, a SoundBlaster/Gravis Ultra Sound card for excellent sound compatibility with older games...

You can "re-live" the good old days with the help of DOSBox, it can run
plenty of the old classics that don't run on your new computer!

DOSBox is totally free of charge and OpenSource.

--kW

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Dustin Cook wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

What are you calling a DOSBOX exactly? Are you running command.com
instead of cmd.exe?

Dosbox (http://www.dosbox.com/) is an X86 emulator with DOS. It emulates a
DOS environment very well. From their web page:

DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library which makes DOSBox very
easy to port to different platforms. DOSBox has already been ported to many different platforms, such as Windows, BeOS, Linux, MacOS X...

DOSBox also emulates CPU:286/386 realmode/protected mode, Directory FileSystem/XMS/EMS, Tandy/Hercules/CGA/EGA/VGA/VESA graphics, a SoundBlaster/Gravis Ultra Sound card for excellent sound compatibility with older games...

You can "re-live" the good old days with the help of DOSBox, it can run
plenty of the old classics that don't run on your new computer!

DOSBox is totally free of charge and OpenSource.

--kW

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He's calling DOSBOX, DOSBOX ... it's on sourceforge.org ... just google DOSBOX. It allows programs to be run in a "DOS box" at a set speed, cpu, etc. Great for old games that only ran on 25 MHz. machines, etc.

Gotcha.. thanks.. I'd forgotten about that.

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Re: Re: DOSbox and BBSing
By: Dustin Cook to T.J. Mcmillen on Mon Jan 10 2011 11:07 pm

He's calling DOSBOX, DOSBOX ... it's on sourceforge.org ... just google DOSBOX. It allows programs to be run in a "DOS box" at a set speed, cpu etc. Great for old games that only ran on 25 MHz. machines, etc.

Until I find a 32 bit nodediff compiler, DOSBOX is my only way of running qdiff to compile my nodelists! :)
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