Anyone know of a good dos emulator to run games on winxp

[mountain_rage]

Ive been trying to find a good dos emulator to run some dos games on xp im using dosbox right now but its not running games efficiently enough. Anyone know of a good one?

[beelzebub2040]

Try this
http://www.the-underdogs.org/guidedos.php

[Class316]

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/

[DainBramaged]

http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/
He said he was running dosbox already.

WindowsXP still includes DOS. You could try running either the game executable or the install program in compatibility mode. Just use the oldest one.

Unless I am misunderstanding you, which may be the case.

[Lehk]

He said he was running dosbox already.

WindowsXP still includes DOS. You could try running either the game executable or the install program in compatibility mode. Just use the oldest one.

Unless I am misunderstanding you, which may be the case.
No, absolutely not, DOS is not on XP nor can it be, XP has a console but it is only like DOS in that it uses the same syntax for commands.

[Miniver]

and many commands are gone entirely

[Lofty]

XP has an in-built DOS emulator, but it's far from perfect, especially when it comes to sound. A lot of stuff runs well with the help of VDMSound, which provides better DOS sound emulation, but some stuff still won't work properly or at all. Dosbox is the best third-party emulator around AFAIK, and should be a lot faster when they have the dynamic recompiler working properly, hopefully in the next version.

[dock0184]

XP has an in-built DOS emulator

That explains why Duke3D runs solidly on XP. Shake 'em baby!

[ducttapeBigSexy]

You could always do a multiboot with an older version of windows (like 98 se or something)

[mountain_rage]

Ya I think once I upgrade my system il use my current machine for older games, just install win 98 on it or something. Dos box just runs my games a bit choppy at times.

[mcovey]

http://www.freedos.org/

use it with VMware. You can afford to give like 64MB ram and 500MB disk I hope.

[Omyn]

All windows versions are built on dos, except they keep slimming down each version as it comes out, still based on dos though.

[mcovey]

Omyn, windows XP is NOT based on DOS, it is based on windows NT.

windows NT was a project started I believe in the late 80s (i know version 3 was in 1993, and windows 2000 was meant to be ver. 5).

What is in windows XP is a command line environment, but DOS is 16-bit and when you run 16 bit programs on windows XP/NT/2000 they go through something called wowexec that I believe emulatesm the 16 bit windows platform.

[DeadSeaMonkey]

Every Version of Windows is based in part on D(isk) O(perating) S(ystem). I cannot be helped. Even Win NT The Dos Prompt will ALWAYS be a part of windows. I go to the dos prompt every time Windoze Does not let me delete some file. I boot to a Dos and say "by god when I say delete your F@$#%#$ Delete" works every time. Long Live DOS....

[DeadSeaMonkey]

(1) Acronym for disk operating system. The term DOS can refer to any operating system, but it is most often used as a shorthand for MS-DOS (Microsoft disk operating system). Originally developed by Microsoft for IBM, MS-DOS was the standard operating system for IBM-compatible personal computers.
The initial versions of DOS were very simple and resembled another operating system called CP/M. Subsequent versions have became increasingly sophisticated as they incorporated features of minicomputer operating systems. However, DOS is still a 16-bit operating system and does not support multiple users or multitasking.

For some time, it has been widely acknowledged that DOS is insufficient for modern computer applications. Microsoft Windows helped alleviate some problems, but still, it sat on top of DOS and relied on DOS for many services. Even Windows 95 sat on top of DOS. Newer operating systems, such as Windows NT and OS/2 Warp, do not rely on DOS to the same extent, although they can execute DOS-based programs. It is expected that as these operating systems gain market share, DOS will never disappear completely. In the meantime, Caldera, Inc. markets a version of DOS called DR-OpenDOS that extends MS-DOS in significant ways.

[shawners]

Windows was built on top of dos. but windows xp isnt built on dos.. Thats why it runs smoothly and more efficently.. Dos was a foundation at one time, and windows was just a nice blanket and sheet for the bed...

[Class316]

True DOS has disappeared completely [from windows]. The current DOS in XP is only emulation. It’s not true DOS. That’s like running a SNES emu and saying that XP has a SNES. It isn’t so. It’s running a SNES emu. Nothing more.