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  1. Re:Wait a second? by cduffy · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Confirms IE8 Has 3 Render Modes

    You can boot 64 bit windows, run a 16 or 32 bit Windows API app, open a shell window and run a 16 bit DOS app.
    ...and that's why DOSBox is so popular, right?

    Sure, Microsoft tries hard to be backwards-compatible -- but that's not to say they get it right. I'm not saying it's a matter of competence -- it's a hard problem at times -- but just because they try hard doesn't mean they succeed.
  2. Commander Keen by skeeto · · Score: 1 · on What Was Your First Gaming Experience?

    Commander Keen FTW! Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy! was the first game I ever played as a child. I had such hard time and I don't think I ever beat it without my dad's help. Today, I can beat the game in probably about an hour.

    We also had a couple freeware/shareware collection CD called Games People Play (this was before the web, so they never had a website). It had tons of DOS games, including the original Warcraft demo, which I went on to play the full version once I found it in a store for 5 bucks. Some of my other favorites on there were Jetpack, Doom, Maddog Williams, and Cyberdogs.

    Today, it is still fun to fire up DOSBox, mount the CD on drive D: (hardcoded drive for by so many old programs, including the CD game menu), and have fun.

  3. Re:Wow! and I thought I was retro! by Corporate+Troll · · Score: 1 · on XP/Vista IGMP Buffer Overflow — Explained

    You're lazy, aren't you? He gave the name of one product in his comment. A Google would have given you what you need. DOSBox

    Now, I'll simply add: FreeDOS, which is really really really good. Better than any PC-DOS or MS-DOS I've ever used. Either run it native on an older machine, or dump it in a virtual machine. Oh, yes, I guess you want a link for that too: VMWare.

  4. Does DOSBox run Windows? by tepples · · Score: 1 · on Notebook Makers Moving to 4 GB Memory As Standard

    DOSbox interpets the old code and runs that If DOSBox correctly runs the Windows 3.1 operating environments, that would start to solve the problem, as people could run an old copy of Windows inside that. But does it? The compatibility list at dosbox.com lists only games for DOS, not non-game apps for DOS or non-game operating environments for DOS. The project's wiki has a page about Windows, but it's full of red links.
  5. Does DOSBox run Windows? by tepples · · Score: 1 · on Notebook Makers Moving to 4 GB Memory As Standard

    DOSbox interpets the old code and runs that If DOSBox correctly runs the Windows 3.1 operating environments, that would start to solve the problem, as people could run an old copy of Windows inside that. But does it? The compatibility list at dosbox.com lists only games for DOS, not non-game apps for DOS or non-game operating environments for DOS. The project's wiki has a page about Windows, but it's full of red links.
  6. Re:What about the iPhone? by Constantine+XVI · · Score: 1 · on Vista Named Year's Most Disappointing Product

    As far as DJGPP goes, you may want to give DOSbox (http://www.dosbox.com/) a shot. It's a 486 emulator that's mostly used to run old DOS games, but I have a feeling DJGPP would work with it.

    Anyway, what do you need the DOS port of GCC for these days?