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MarkShot · 05-28-07, 12:42 PM

Neal,

One thing I should tell about trying these older DOS games with DOSBOX or VPC is that if you got them working on the Time Machine PC, then you don't need to worry about installations under DOSBOX or VPC. Just move the entire game directory from the Time Machine PC to your XP/Vista directory (to be mounted for DOSBOX) or to your virtual hard drive for VPC. DOS had no registry, INI files, or system/system32 to worry about. So, pretty much everything needed for the game went into the installation tree. That tree can simply be ported over to whatever emulator you are trying.

05-28-07, 12:42 PM	#66
MarkShot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,134 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	Neal, One thing I should tell about trying these older DOS games with DOSBOX or VPC is that if you got them working on the Time Machine PC, then you don't need to worry about installations under DOSBOX or VPC. Just move the entire game directory from the Time Machine PC to your XP/Vista directory (to be mounted for DOSBOX) or to your virtual hard drive for VPC. DOS had no registry, INI files, or system/system32 to worry about. So, pretty much everything needed for the game went into the installation tree. That tree can simply be ported over to whatever emulator you are trying. __________________ War games, not wars! --- Only a small few profit from war (that should not stand)!