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Windows 7
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:55 pm
by Koniev
Hi guys -
Just bought a new computer with Windows 7. PacWar will not play on Windows 7. Any suggestions?
Thanks
RE: Windows 7
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:21 pm
by Capt. Harlock
Unfortunately, Vista and Windows 7 have abandoned support for DOS, and Pacific War is a DOS-based game. You'll have to install a DOS emulator on your computer. The most popular one, largely because it's free, is DOSBox, available at:
http://www.dosbox.com/
RE: Windows 7
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:16 am
by Koniev
Thank you, Capt. I downloaded DosBox and have struggled with it. I guess I don't understand what I'm doing. I have PacWar in it's own folder c:\PacWar but I can't seem to make DosBox find it. Any (very simple) suggestions?
Steve
RE: Windows 7
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 2:13 am
by bradk
From memory. With DOSBox running
mount c c:\pacwar
c:
pac.exe
DOSBox runs from what it calls the Z drive. You mount your directory to its c drive and then change DOSBox to its C drive to run the game.
Everything is bogus drives, of course. <G>
RE: Windows 7
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:06 am
by Koniev
I got it going, Thanks bradk!