Comments on: Running ancient DOS games on modern Windows https://dfarq.homeip.net/running-ancient-dos-games-on-modern-windows/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=running-ancient-dos-games-on-modern-windows David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/running-ancient-dos-games-on-modern-windows/#comment-3759 Thu, 19 Feb 2004 23:34:22 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1202#comment-3759 I’ve been watching this emulator since it was just starting out as a project on Zophar’s Domain (now at Sourceforge). It’s progressed *very* nicely since its humble beginnings, running many old DOS programs without the need for an actual DOS-bootable system.

I forsaw the need for something like this a couple of years ago, as the Windows platform has moved away from its DOS roots and many people still want to run their old DOS games (games never truly get old).

Even on Win 9x systems, the ability to run DOS games under Windows *with* sound, as well as some protected mode game issues, is nice. Besides, as PCs have now surpassed 1 GHz CPU speeds, many old DOS programs become unstable and basically unusable, even with a program such as MoSlo.
Also, no yucky Borland Pascal "Runtime 200" errors on fast CPUs to deal with.

Having this program ported to Linux is a major bonus, too. I did notice that the newest version of DOSBox runs a bit choppy on my 700 MHz Duron, so I only use it for games that won’t run at all on older versions. All in all, a great emulator that continues to get better.

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