Playing DOS Games on xp

[Fuzzy]

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Hi, I downloaded the first three Zork text based games in DOS. I have
Win XP SP2 with the NTFS file system. What I think I can do is download
a DOS version (which one?) and burn it to CD along with the Zork files.
Since DOS doesn't recognize NTFS, will the burned disk be Fat32 by
default or is there some way to make it Fat32?? I've researched this on
Google, but all I got was more confused. Any help or tips would be
greatly appreciated. TIA

 

[Guest]

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On Sun, 29 May 2005 18:03:36 GMT
Fuzzy <vader@star_wars.com> wrote:

> Hi, I downloaded the first three Zork text based games in DOS. I have
> Win XP SP2 with the NTFS file system. What I think I can do is
> download a DOS version (which one?) and burn it to CD along with the
> Zork files. Since DOS doesn't recognize NTFS, will the burned disk be
> Fat32 by default or is there some way to make it Fat32?? I've
> researched this on Google, but all I got was more confused. Any help
> or tips would be greatly appreciated. TIA

I'd suggest you look for a program called WinFrotz - it'll run
Infocom text games in Windows (any version) with no problems. Much
easier than messing with dos, though you could also look at DosBox.

Tom

 

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Thomas N McEwan wrote:
> On Sun, 29 May 2005 18:03:36 GMT
> Fuzzy <vader@star_wars.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, I downloaded the first three Zork text based games in DOS. I have
>> Win XP SP2 with the NTFS file system. What I think I can do is
>> download a DOS version (which one?) and burn it to CD along with the
>> Zork files. Since DOS doesn't recognize NTFS, will the burned disk
>> be Fat32 by default or is there some way to make it Fat32?? I've
>> researched this on Google, but all I got was more confused. Any help
>> or tips would be greatly appreciated. TIA
>
> I'd suggest you look for a program called WinFrotz - it'll run
> Infocom text games in Windows (any version) with no problems. Much
> easier than messing with dos, though you could also look at DosBox.
>
> Tom

And the *vast* majority of DOS games don't have any problems with NTFS, so
don't worry about that part. As recommended, get a copy of WinFrotz and put
that together with the Zork games you downloaded. Forget the cd. You'll be
fine.

-craig

 

[Fuzzy]

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Thomas N McEwan wrote:
> On Sun, 29 May 2005 18:03:36 GMT
> Fuzzy <vader@star_wars.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi, I downloaded the first three Zork text based games in DOS. I have
>>Win XP SP2 with the NTFS file system. What I think I can do is
>>download a DOS version (which one?) and burn it to CD along with the
>>Zork files. Since DOS doesn't recognize NTFS, will the burned disk be
>>Fat32 by default or is there some way to make it Fat32?? I've
>>researched this on Google, but all I got was more confused. Any help
>>or tips would be greatly appreciated. TIA
>
>
> I'd suggest you look for a program called WinFrotz - it'll run
> Infocom text games in Windows (any version) with no problems. Much
> easier than messing with dos, though you could also look at DosBox.
>
> Tom
Thanks, I d/l'd both and will give it a try.

 

[Fuzzy]

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Craig Hulett wrote:

> Thomas N McEwan wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 29 May 2005 18:03:36 GMT
>>Fuzzy <vader@star_wars.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi, I downloaded the first three Zork text based games in DOS. I have
>>>Win XP SP2 with the NTFS file system. What I think I can do is
>>>download a DOS version (which one?) and burn it to CD along with the
>>>Zork files. Since DOS doesn't recognize NTFS, will the burned disk
>>>be Fat32 by default or is there some way to make it Fat32?? I've
>>>researched this on Google, but all I got was more confused. Any help
>>>or tips would be greatly appreciated. TIA
>>
>>I'd suggest you look for a program called WinFrotz - it'll run
>>Infocom text games in Windows (any version) with no problems. Much
>>easier than messing with dos, though you could also look at DosBox.
>>
>>Tom
>
>
> And the *vast* majority of DOS games don't have any problems with NTFS, so
> don't worry about that part. As recommended, get a copy of WinFrotz and put
> that together with the Zork games you downloaded. Forget the cd. You'll be
> fine.
>
> -craig
>
>
Thanks for the help.