Author: krisnatoon
Date: 10:26:07 08/22/04
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On August 22, 2004 at 11:25:53, F. Huber wrote: >On August 22, 2004 at 11:15:42, krisnatoon wrote: > >>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 > >Ok, then simply make one of these partitions a DOS-partition, i.e. >install DOS in it. >Or install Win98 (SE) in one partition and use its possibility to >create a boot-menu in ´CONFIG.SYS´. >(I could post the contents of my CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT with such >a boot-menu, if wanted ...) > >Regards, >Franz. Oke, thanks you all! Anton
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