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| Thread ID: 113250 | 2010-10-11 09:02:00 | How to run a 16-bit pgm under Vista or XP? | Tony (4941) | Press F1 |
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| 1143710 | 2010-10-11 09:02:00 | I have a really old program I want to get to run under Vista or XP. It is so old that the instructions tell you it will automatically detect whether you have a colour or monochrome monitor! I would like to be able to run this under Vista or XP - just enough so I can extract some data and then bin it. If I try it, I get the message in the attachment. It is not important enough to go through lots of hoops to get it to run, but I'd like to do it if I can simply. I've tried all the compatibility settings, and telling it to run full-screen, but nothing works. I'm presuming it is the fact that it is 16-bit that is the obstacle. Any ideas? |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1143711 | 2010-10-11 09:04:00 | dosbox? | GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1143712 | 2010-10-11 09:25:00 | That did it. I'd forgotten about Dosbox - thanks for the tip. :thumbs: | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1143713 | 2010-10-11 09:47:00 | no worries | GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1143714 | 2010-10-11 11:53:00 | I've found Dosbox much easier to use with a front-end like Ampshell (http://ampshell.tuxfamily.org/). | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1143715 | 2010-10-11 17:48:00 | I've found Dosbox much easier to use with a front-end like Ampshell (http://ampshell.tuxfamily.org/).Crikey, the Ampshell website doesn't inspire confidence! Blue on black? Doesn't mean the product won't work though - just that you might not be able to read it. :) |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1143716 | 2010-10-12 06:57:00 | Yeah, the colour choice isn't great on the site but the software works fine (and colours are normal :rolleyes:). | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
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