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mike odonoghue

i'd sure like to give the game a try again after many, many years - i think
the first time i played it was back in the 386 days on a 40megaherz machine
with a maths coprocessor and a vary expensive 210mb connor hd (talk 1000usd
here).

am running xp pro sp1 and have no joy

any suggestions out there??

thanks, mike
 
Hi Mike,

When a game is a DOS game, it could work using compatibility mode:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533 or by using the Multiboot
bootdisk from: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html
and always check at fileplanet.com to see if there's a patch available.

With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php

If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two excellent
tutorials I've found on the subject: http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
and: http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm :-)

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Cheers,
Jimmy S.

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| i'd sure like to give the game a try again after many, many years - i think
| the first time i played it was back in the 386 days on a 40megaherz machine
| with a maths coprocessor and a vary expensive 210mb connor hd (talk 1000usd
| here).
|
| am running xp pro sp1 and have no joy
|
| any suggestions out there??
|
| thanks, mike
|
|
 
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