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Old 07-31-2007   #1 (permalink)
DebbieL


 
 

DOS GAME

My husband has a really old DOS based game of Solitaire which contains many
of his favorite games. Is there any way to get these games to play on
Windows Vista?

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Old 08-01-2007   #2 (permalink)
g33k


 
 

Re: DOS GAME

DebbieL wrote:
> My husband has a really old DOS based game of Solitaire which contains many
> of his favorite games. Is there any way to get these games to play on
> Windows Vista?


I think that's unable to do that, because probably that DOS game is
16bit instead application, but Windows Vista doesn't run 16bit applications.
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Old 08-01-2007   #3 (permalink)
Annie R J Brion


 
 

Re: DOS GAME

g33k wrote:
> DebbieL wrote:
>> My husband has a really old DOS based game of Solitaire which contains
>> many of his favorite games. Is there any way to get these games to
>> play on Windows Vista?

>
> I think that's unable to do that, because probably that DOS game is
> 16bit instead application, but Windows Vista doesn't run 16bit
> applications.


Only 64 bit Vista can't run 16bit applications.

32 bit versions of Vista can.

HTH
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Old 08-01-2007   #4 (permalink)
Pooh-Man


 
 

Re: DOS GAME

"Annie R J Brion" <no-reply@brion.me.invalid> wrote in message
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> Only 64 bit Vista can't run 16bit applications.
>
> 32 bit versions of Vista can.
>
> HTH


You can if you get Dosbox. Dosbox even runs Dos games on Linux. Dosbox is a
Dos emulator.

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Old 08-01-2007   #5 (permalink)
Andy [YaYa]


 
 

Re: DOS GAME

"Pooh-Man" <not_for@email.invalid> wrote in message
news:lAYri.8860$8M3.5006@fe07.news.easynews.com...
> "Annie R J Brion" <no-reply@brion.me.invalid> wrote in message
> news:%23bE4K%23B1HHA.3768@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Only 64 bit Vista can't run 16bit applications.
>>
>> 32 bit versions of Vista can.
>>
>> HTH

>
> You can if you get Dosbox. Dosbox even runs Dos games on Linux. Dosbox is
> a Dos emulator.


DOSBox, Virtual PC 2007 from Microsoft (If you have a copy of MS-DOS or
FreeDOS to install on it), etc.

DOSBox will be easier though.

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