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Subject: Re: DOS emulation for Rebel

Author: krisnatoon

Date: 08:15:42 08/22/04

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On August 22, 2004 at 09:05:19, F. Huber wrote:

>On August 22, 2004 at 07:44:09, krisnatoon wrote:
>
>>On August 22, 2004 at 07:27:33, F. Huber wrote:
>>
>>>On August 22, 2004 at 06:40:23, Kaj Soderberg wrote:
>>>
>>>>I will buy a new PC within the next few months. As known Windows XP does not
>>>>support DOS so the question arises how to support DOS chess software, such as
>>>>old favorite Rebel programs. I would not want to live without them. I think that
>>>>there was a posting once on this forum about DOS emulation. Hopefully there is a
>>>>program that would not slow down Rebel too much.
>>>>
>>>>Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>>Greetings,
>>>>Kaj
>>>
>>>Hello Kaj,
>>>
>>>my suggestion would be:
>>>
>>>Simply forget all those DOS ´emulations´ and configure your new system
>>>with dual-boot (i.e. use a boot-manager) -
>>>one option to start your WinXP, and the other to start plain DOS.
>>>That´s certainly the best and most stable way to run DOS programs!
>>>
>>>Best regards,
>>>Franz.
>>
>>
>>And how do you do that??
>>Anton
>
>Sorry, but I´ve not the time and interest to give here an intoduction
>lecture in installation and configuration of an operating system!
>Establishing a dual-boot system should really be a basic knowledge
>of every serious computer user -
>if this is not the case for you, you´ll find enough information about it
>in the internet, in computer magazines or in the OS manuals.
>
>Regards,
>Franz.

Ik know how to dual boat with windows, but not with DOS!

Anton



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