Does anyone know any programs (emulators) that will run DOS apps in XP?

[markjs]

Does anyone know one?

 

[CTho9305]

vmware or virtualPC would let you create a complete virtual machine you could install DOS on...

 

[DaveSimmons]

See the other thread on dual-booting. Also, DOS6 only understands FAT16 partitions but a Win98 boot disk would also let you run DOS games on a FAT32 partition.

If your C: drive is NTFS you could use Partition Magic to shrink it a little and make a FAT16 or FAT32 drive with the extra space, but back up your system first!

For setting up a new system you could use Partition Magic to make 2 C: drives (DOS6 first then XP) and use BootMagic to choose between them.

[ ed ] you could also pick up a 486 or Pentium 1 box for under $100 and add a KVM switch to share the monitor. This would give you better sound quality (using a real ISA card soundblaster or next best choice a Vortex2 card) and solve some of the speed problems from running a 486-era game on a GHz PC.

 

[BlueWeasel]

I agree with the Win98 boot disk suggestion. The partitions must be FAT32, though.

I saw your earlier post about ICS between W98 and XP. Does this individual need sound while in DOS mode? If not, simply create a Win98 boot disk or use your Win98 CD (it's bootable). Using the boot disk will allow you to boot with CDROM support. The only hard thing I see about this option is getting a DOS sound driver if you require it.

 

[stevewm]

Originally posted by: markjs
Does anyone know one?

Win2k and XP already have a DOS emulator built in...... Try running your app. As long as the app does not try to directly access hardware (as some DOS games do) it should run fine. And if you need sound support there are applications that will provide it

 

[Maqo]

If all else fails, you could always make a bootable floppy with freeDOS...

 

[markjs]

what's free dos?

 

[Maqo]

FreeDOS (www.freedos.org) is an opensource DOS work licensed under GPL.

I should correct myself, however, as DR-DOS (www.drdos.com) is free as well and is much more functional than FreeDOS. You can download the floppy images from their website, or even install it on a hard drive...