DOS Games Discussion

Abandonware. The very name implies that it's being thrown away or 'abandoned'.

I see it as the digital equivalent of dumpster-diving. As they say; "One man's trash..."

My advice: Whatever you do, don't create puzzles or quests that cannot be satisfied out of sequence, and are critical to being able to move forward. Wizardry VII was a fantastic game, except ... If you did certain things in the wrong order, you got stuck and could not do anything but wander around t...

Nobody else has Wacky Wheels?!?

jmmijo wrote:Wasn't it called DESQview

And a GOOGLE search is the best option to finding a copy

Thanks.

About 10-15 years ago, Quarterdeck made this app that allowed you to multitask (sort of) in MS-DOS. I'll be buggered if I can remember the name of the thing. I'm having a mental block. It was real popular with BBS SysOps, as they needed it to run the BBS s'ware and the door programs at the same time...

I suppose I already know the answer to this, but...

I have an ISA Ethernet card and a PC/AT 386 running DOS6. Is it possible to connect this machine to a Microsoft Windows Peer2Peer Network?

All I want to do is transfer files without doing the floppy-floppy shuffle.

I was working a 3 week contract job, doing a 700 Win XP workstation roll-out, when I noticed a pile of old equipment on a palette in the back of the warehouse. Curious, I gave the pile of old junk a close examination. There she was, hiding under a busted Token Ring hub and an old line printer. A Mid...

Unknown_K wrote:Onboard FDD/HDD controller didn't happen untill the tail end of the 486 era, so NO

The board has 8 and 16 Bit ISA slots, VLB was in the 486 era, so NO

I've seen 386 compatible mainboards with one or both of these features, that's why I asked.

Are you in the US? I have a 386SX/40 MB that needs a battery, maybe we could trade. Unfortunately, I'd need the whole nine yards. I have old drives < 500MB for it, some old 4 - 12X CD-ROMs that I'm pretty sure still work, wads and wads of good 30 pin SIMMs, and that SB CT3990 VLB card for audio, bu...

Where can one purchase an old system like this? I've got a Pentium 133 (see signature), and even a Pentium 90, but they're too advanced for some of my favorite old DOS games (Gunship 2000, Pirates! Gold, etc.) I have been hunting for a 386/DX40 (or thereabouts) for two years. Yard sales, eBay, you n...

I bought Warhammer 40K: Rites of War on eBay but it was the disc only. The interface is very complicated, and I really need the game manual. Does anyone know a good site to download game manuals in PDF format? SSI 's official site is now some kind of freaky search engine. I discovered they were boug...

I am looking for an IBM PC-AT or clone system with the following specs. If anyone knows a good online source for something like this, or has one he'd like to dump, let me know please. 386DX/40 CPU (Maximum) 8 MB RAM (30 pin SIMM) (Minimum) Trident 8900C SVGA (1Mb) (Or equivalent) Sound Blaster Pro C...

emmzee wrote:According to posts in other threads, the original SimCity is available in stores, so please don't post links to, or otherwise trade it on these forums. Thanks

That's what the Private Message feature is for, right?

Actually, I had to do that to recover a couple of files from the install set that were too badly damaged to be recovered. They all have the contents of both install diskettes combined in a single archive file, which is uninstallable. You have to have the right files on the right diskettes, and the d...

Nevermind. I figured it out. Pretty cool.

Is that a point and click adventure? If so, you'll need SCUMM-VM to run it. Google it. I'm not sure, though. How do you do that with your sig, get all the cookie info into that pic? To be honest, it kinda bugs me, having all my info on a message board, even though I expect I'm the only one that see...

You need to get your hands on Wizardry Gold. It is essentially Crusaders of the Dark Savant, but it's been updated and is compatible with Winblows.

It's sold separately, or as part of The Ultimate Wizardry Archives.

Awww, c'mon... Anybody?

My install floppies for Eye of the Beholder took a hit from long storage. I managed to recover the files from the disks, but I forgot to keep track of which files go on which disk , and what the volume labels are supposed to be. The install program will not recognize the copies I made because either...

Forget what I posted earlier. I thought you were running pure MS-DOS, not Windows. If you're running Windows, it's perfectly normal for the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to be empty. Everything MS-DOS used the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files for, Windows now keeps in it's registry file. They're obsolete in Wi...