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   Message 202 of 718   
   Don Andrews to Corey   
   Re: Dos emulators   
   06 Sep 04 19:55:59   
   
   From: don_andrews@hotmail.com   
      
   Try VMware or Virual PC from MS... The VMWare works better for me...   
   "Corey"  wrote in message   
   news:40B1543A.2005.major@tsgc.dyndns.org...   
   >   To: coolcat   
   >   Re: Dos emulators   
   >   By: coolcat to alt.bbs.majorbbs on Sun May 23 2004 07:20 pm   
   >   
   >  > Has any one has success running WorldGroup 1 or 2 in a dos emulation?   
   >  >   
   >  > I'm currently running WG 3.3, but I have some great games for my older   
   >  > versions. Was trying to bring back the good old days if i could.   
   >  > I have it barely running now with a telnet connection, If I can   
   >  > remember correctly, WG can't have more than 16 megs or ram. So I   
   >  > thought I could cheat it into running with a Dos Emulator. ( boy, I   
   >  > wish I still had the DELL pent 133 with 16 megs, it ran like a champ   
   >  > )..   
   >  >   
   >  > Anyways, if anyone has luck with say DOSBox or DOSEMU , could ya drop   
   >  > a note?   
   >  >   
   >  > Thanx,   
   >  > CoolCat   
   >  >   
   >  > --- Synchronet 3.11c-Win32 NewsLink 1.75   
   >   
   > no, the dos version can not access more than 16 megs of ram.   
   > this is from the dos extender it uses. the software is quite   
   > a work horse. it likes dos because of it's low level hardware   
   > routines and it's database engine. 1 pc will run as many lines   
   > as your hardware can support. the older digiboards could have   
   > 4 64 port boards in one computer. mbbs and worldgroup was way   
   > ahead of any other bbs in it's days. I was a co on a mbbs bbs   
   > out here that ran 4 16 port bocaboards in one machine. was a   
   > great chat system back then.   
   >   
   > Corey   
   >   
   > Help! I've fallen and... Hey! nice carpet!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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