DOS emulator problem

[hibiscus]

I've been playing some games in Windows XP's DOS shell for a while now, and there's a problem: The sounds won't play! Anybody have a good fix?

[crock pot pot roadt]

Are your speakers plugged in?
 
Did you turn up the volume?

[Wind-up Clock]

Get Dosbox, and possibly a frontend while you're at it. These emulate a DOS-only environment and should be compatible with most games.

I doubt that everything in a dos game is going to run completely in XP, even with the command prompt thingy.

[hibiscus]

Get Dosbox, and possibly a frontend while you're at it. These emulate a DOS-only environment and should be compatible with most games.

I doubt that everything in a dos game is going to run completely in XP, even with the command prompt thingy.

I was using the command prompt previously, and it wouldn't run the sounds.

OK, now I have DOSbox and a frontend, but how do I open DOS applications with the program?

[joliet_jane]

I was using the command prompt previously, and it wouldn't run the sounds.

OK, now I have DOSbox and a frontend, but how do I open DOS applications with the program?

you have to mount the folder you're using as your fake c drive.  I think it goes like this:

mount c DIRECTORY YOU'RE USING AS C GOES HERE

So for me it's
mount c d:\dos\cdrive

[buttplug]

You can go into the autorun script I had. I screwed around with it and taught myself how it works. You can have DOSBOX auto mount your folder with all of your DOS games, and have it dir so it gives you a list of the things inside it. Then you just type what you want to play. I'm really happy because I finally got a computer fast enough to run many old games well.

As for your sound, they probably all will work with a Sound Blaster 16 bit soundcard, which Dosbox emulates. Go into your game's settings and set the sound card stuff to it and you should be golden.

[DillClock]

are you using a computer made in 1995 or something

[buttplug]

are you using a computer made in 1995 or something

Believe it or not some people LIKE playing old games!

[Viewtiful-Chris]

I LOVE DOSBOX. It is a must-have for any retro PC gamer, myself included.

An easier way to boot applications with DOSBox is simply dragging the executable you want to run over the DOSBox icon on the desktop.

[buttplug]

I LOVE DOSBOX. It is a must-have for any retro PC gamer, myself included.

An easier way to boot applications with DOSBox is simply dragging the executable you want to run over the DOSBox icon on the desktop.

That's cool, I didn't know you could do that.

[hibiscus]

are you using a computer made in 1995 or something

No, but I do have a computer somewhere that was made (or at least purchased) in 1993.  The one I'm using now was purchased in 2000.

BTW, Buttplug, where's that script you were talking about?  It sounds like a good idea.

[beebles]

I just use my old 386 to play dos games.

[buttplug]

No, but I do have a computer somewhere that was made (or at least purchased) in 1993.  The one I'm using now was purchased in 2000.

BTW, Buttplug, where's that script you were talking about?  It sounds like a good idea.

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mount c c:\X\X\X...
c:
dir
Go into your dosbox program folder, open the CONF file in notebook, and scroll to the bottom. Paste that code at the bottom after all of the other lines already there. Where it says c:\X\X\X... you should have the path to the folder with your dos games. For example, mine says c:\dosgames\

If you don't want it to give you a list of the files in the folder each time you open dosbox, take out the line with dir.

[DillClock]

The one I'm using now was purchased in 2000.

Been eight years, you should highly consider updating.

[joliet_jane]

The one I'm using now was purchased in 2000.

Been eight years, you should highly consider updating.

It's odd to me how hardware made 9 or so years ago does standard tasks very well, meanwhile a computer made nine years for that became useless very quickly.

I got mine in 2001. I can't really upgrade it any more, so I'm get a new one and I'll put the old drives in it-- but I could do it only after I got the money.  Otherwise, it's a great computer.