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dos emulator for XP
Name: samuel Date: November 12, 2002 at 05:29:29 Pacific OS: windows XP CPU/Ram: 1G
Comment:
Were I can find dos emmulator ro be able to run DOS based programs in my PC with XP Windows
Name: Brian Rignall Date: November 12, 2002 at 05:49:31 Pacific
Reply:
Click START> RUN
type in CMD
your DOS window will appear
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Response Number 2
Name: Rick Date: November 12, 2002 at 07:13:00 Pacific
Reply:
You can create a shorcut to the programs on the desktop, right click on them and set the properties for dos compatiblity as well.
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Response Number 3
Name: viperjason Date: December 12, 2002 at 08:50:11 Pacific
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the command on windows XP is NOT DOS. Does anyone know where to get an emulator for DOS on windows XP. I need DOS DBASE and other programs that windows XP does not handle very nicely.
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Response Number 4
Name: scrumble Date: December 15, 2002 at 07:04:33 Pacific
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Try VDSM at http://ntvdm.cjb.net/
Its not perfect and some programs need the sound disabling.But it does work
Very easy to use as well.Install it then right click on the dos program you want to run and theres "Run with VDSM" in the menu
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