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zakarpatska · 10-06-13, 09:11 AM

For what it is worth, 688(I) works fine for me under Windows 7 running in a VirtualBox that runs XP as its OS. You could likely get 688(i) going in a VirtualBox running Windows95/98 as well.

This also has the advantage of allowing you to have the VirtualBox as a "Window" on your Desktop. You can use the VirtualBox scale mode to size the VirtualBox window to a size you are happy with.

Note that this works for 688(I) but not Sub Command or Dangerous Waters. The reason is that 688(I) does the 3D rendering with the CPU whereas Sub Command and Dangerous Waters will attempt to make 3D driver calls and these are not supported under VirtualBox.

10-06-13, 09:11 AM	#10
zakarpatska Loader Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 88 Downloads: 127 Uploads: 0	For what it is worth, 688(I) works fine for me under Windows 7 running in a VirtualBox that runs XP as its OS. You could likely get 688(i) going in a VirtualBox running Windows95/98 as well. This also has the advantage of allowing you to have the VirtualBox as a "Window" on your Desktop. You can use the VirtualBox scale mode to size the VirtualBox window to a size you are happy with. Note that this works for 688(I) but not Sub Command or Dangerous Waters. The reason is that 688(I) does the 3D rendering with the CPU whereas Sub Command and Dangerous Waters will attempt to make 3D driver calls and these are not supported under VirtualBox.