[ale] Dosemu help requested

[Jim Seymour]

On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 08:58:26PM -0400, Nathan J. Underwood wrote:
> I don't have Quake, but I was able to dig up a copy of an old favorite, 
> WarCraft II.  I downloaded and installed Dosemu v1.2.2 and freedos (on 
> my machine at home).  Then, I modified autoexec.bat so that e:\ was 
> pointed at /dev/cdrom, mounted the WarCraftII CD, and started xdosemu 
> (it didn't seem to work in regular dosemu).  Anyway, the install took 
> about 15 seconds, and I was ready to setup my sound card. Surprisingly 
> enough, it worked right off the bat, and now I'm playing WarCraft II in 
> one window, IM'ming in another window, and surfing in yet another.  Hope 
> this helps.
>

Thanks Nathan,

I am getting closer now. The "D" drive on mine points to my home
directory. I tried "xdosemu doom.exe" and voila Doom in a dos box. Now
to get sound and smooth up the video a bit. I'll play with the dosemu
settings and see how that goes.

Later,

Jim Seymour