I need MS-DOS

gerg_420 · Post by **gerg_420** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:12 pm

I have a laptop with Windows Vista on it.
I recently download warcraft 2... it won't work.
I think I need a program so I can run MS-DOS.
Can anyone recommend a program that might help me?
thanks greg

Post by **wardrich** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:15 pm

http://dosbox.sf.net

AFAIK, dosbox will work. Though your best bet would be to upgrade to XP or switch over to Linux.

abyss · Post by **abyss** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:46 am

You will be better off with freedos search for freedos and download it. One thing about freedos it will be your secondary os. If you want two different windows then you have to install freedos first then install the other windows.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:57 am

wardrich wrote:http://dosbox.sf.net

AFAIK, dosbox will work. Though your best bet would be to upgrade to XP or switch over to Linux.

you mean downgrade

and you can buy a windows compatible version from stores if you look.

Post by **Larry Laffer** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:26 am

franpa wrote:
wardrich wrote:http://dosbox.sf.net

AFAIK, dosbox will work. Though your best bet would be to upgrade to XP or switch over to Linux.
you mean downgrade

No Franpa, UPGRADE!

Post by **dosraider** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:52 pm

wardrich wrote:AFAIK, dosbox will work.

It works, recently installed it on my son's laptop (AMD64 Turion with Vista), works fine.
Version 0.70 that is.

Post by **wardrich** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:40 pm

franpa wrote:
wardrich wrote: AFAIK, dosbox will work. Though your best bet would be to upgrade to XP or switch over to Linux.
you mean downgrade

Pretty sure I mean upgrade. Look at how bad Vista is. The DRM, the incompatibility, the expenses of running a Windows system. XP is a definite upgrade. Seriously, I know of a few people now that are making the switch to Linux. I mean OpenGL2.1 is about on-par with DX9. And comparing the fact that both OGL and DirectX have been around for about the same amount of time, it's obvious that DirectX really isn't as wonderful as people make it out to be.

Anyway, that's enough ranting about Wintrash for now, and I know you, Franpa, were being sarcastic... I just needed to solidify my point for others that may not get it.

Post by **wardrich** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:41 pm

wardrich wrote:
franpa wrote:
wardrich wrote: AFAIK, dosbox will work. Though your best bet would be to upgrade to XP or switch over to Linux.
you mean downgrade
Pretty sure I mean upgrade. Look at how bad Vista is. The DRM, the incompatibility, the expenses of running a Windows system. XP is a definite upgrade. Seriously, I know of a few people now that are making the switch to Linux. I mean OpenGL2.1 is about on-par with DX9. And comparing the fact that both OGL and DirectX have been around for about the same amount of time, it's obvious that DirectX really isn't as wonderful as people make it out to be.

If you want Vista for the pretty Eye Candy, it's got NOTHING on Beryl Project, which is slightly unstable... if you want Stability and a UI that's both inventive and useful, you could always use Metisse. It's like a lighter version of Beryl, and MUCH more stable.

Anyway, that's enough ranting about Wintrash for now, and I know you, Franpa, were being sarcastic... I just needed to solidify my point for others that may not get it.

Post by **dosraider** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:02 am

wardrich wrote:If you want Vista for the pretty Eye Candy ....

And a fact is ( my son is a Vista user) that eye candy is the only thing that makes it worth switching to Vista, the regular Vista is a ressource eating monster.

In my experience the only Vista that's worth something is the ripped version, the so called gamers Vista, fast, stable and running plain 64 bit, but of course stripped from all those eye fillers. And illegal, hmmmm. Runs better and is much faster than XPsp2.

Of course problem is that the newer programs will only run in Vista in time.
Say shit, buy a new PC with 2cores and plenty of Ram if you want something that runs fast. And I mean PLENTY of Ram. PLENTY.

Post by **wardrich** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:04 pm

dosraider wrote:
wardrich wrote:If you want Vista for the pretty Eye Candy ....
And a fact is ( my son is a Vista user) that eye candy is the only thing that makes it worth switching to Vista, the regular Vista is a ressource eating monster.

In my experience the only Vista that's worth something is the ripped version, the so called gamers Vista, fast, stable and running plain 64 bit, but of course stripped from all those eye fillers. And illegal, hmmmm. Runs better and is much faster than XPsp2.

Of course problem is that the newer programs will only run in Vista in time.
Say shit, buy a new PC with 2cores and plenty of Ram if you want something that runs fast. And I mean PLENTY of Ram. PLENTY.

Linux or GTFO. That's the way it should be when considering the Vista downgrade.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:56 am

downgrading from vista to winXP is going from inferior to superior, or better yet, i could upgrade to vista which is inferior to winXP.

Post by **wardrich** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 6:02 am

franpa wrote:downgrading from vista to winXP is going from inferior to superior, or better yet, i could upgrade to vista which is inferior to winXP.

The "Vista downgrade" being the installation of Vista.

redshock · Post by **redshock** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:04 am

Microsoft removed the 16-bit subsystem from Vista and yet provided no emulator - breaking hundreds of legacy applications and games. I have played games with DosBox 0.71 on Vista before I downgraded back to XP Pro. But yeah, if you have Vista, you are stuck with DosBox. My hope is that DosBox will provide direct execution from the EXE one day, and I have contacted them about this thought. The idea is to make it more streamlined for Vista users - almost like a java runtime. You just have to execute the application and the runtime does all the work.

Post by **Larry Laffer** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:26 am

Er, yeah. Anyway, next time, please don't revive old(this one's 2 months for the love of Link) threads, kay?