DOSBox and games on FD
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From: Justin C on 22 Jul 2010 05:41 I was unable to resist the temptation any longer. I have purchased Lemmings ... for DOS. Well, it was under a fiver, and came with More Lemmings too. The problem is that it's on floppy disk. I've access to floppy drives all over the place, I have machines with FD drives running DOS, Linux, and Win98. I'm intending to run DOSBox so that I can play this game. My question is, what's the best way of dealing with these disks (one per game) so that I can "get them into" DOSBox? Justin. -- Justin C, by the sea.
From: Jim on 22 Jul 2010 06:39 Justin C <justin.1007(a)purestblue.com> wrote: > I was unable to resist the temptation any longer. I have purchased > Lemmings ... for DOS. Well, it was under a fiver, and came with More > Lemmings too. The problem is that it's on floppy disk. I've access to > floppy drives all over the place, I have machines with FD drives running > DOS, Linux, and Win98. > > I'm intending to run DOSBox so that I can play this game. My question > is, what's the best way of dealing with these disks (one per game) so > that I can "get them into" DOSBox? I think I'd be inclined to use the Linux box and 'dd' to convert the physical floppies into image files. Something like dd if=/dev/fd0 of=floppy.image bs=512 then use the network or a USB thumb drive to copy the image over to your Mac. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Jon on 22 Jul 2010 11:06 On 22/07/2010 10:41am, Justin C wrote: > > I was unable to resist the temptation any longer. I have purchased > Lemmings ... for DOS. Well, it was under a fiver, and came with More > Lemmings too. The problem is that it's on floppy disk. I've access to > floppy drives all over the place, I have machines with FD drives running > DOS, Linux, and Win98. > > I'm intending to run DOSBox so that I can play this game. My question > is, what's the best way of dealing with these disks (one per game) so > that I can "get them into" DOSBox? > > Justin. > You've been done mate, you can get Lemmings (and many other great old DOS games) for FREE! Just un-zip 'em and run 'em in DOSBox! http://www.xtcabandonware.com/
From: Justin C on 22 Jul 2010 11:48 On 2010-07-22, Jon <jon(a)eldner.no.email.org> wrote: > On 22/07/2010 10:41am, Justin C wrote: >> >> I was unable to resist the temptation any longer. I have purchased >> Lemmings ... for DOS. Well, it was under a fiver, and came with More >> Lemmings too. The problem is that it's on floppy disk. I've access to >> floppy drives all over the place, I have machines with FD drives running >> DOS, Linux, and Win98. >> >> I'm intending to run DOSBox so that I can play this game. My question >> is, what's the best way of dealing with these disks (one per game) so >> that I can "get them into" DOSBox? >> >> Justin. >> > > You've been done mate, you can get Lemmings (and many other great old > DOS games) for FREE! > > Just un-zip 'em and run 'em in DOSBox! > > http://www.xtcabandonware.com/ AIUI Lemmings is not abandonware. Sony have presented 1UP, who wanted to port the game, with a cease-and-desist order [1]. If it was abandonware I don't think anyone would be that bothered, or they'd be in negotiation for a cut of future profit instead. 1: <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmings_game> Justin. -- Justin C, by the sea.
From: Justin C on 24 Jul 2010 18:23
In article <1jm149p.10nawgz1vb369iN%jim(a)magrathea.plus.com>, Jim wrote: > Justin C <justin.1007(a)purestblue.com> wrote: > >> I was unable to resist the temptation any longer. I have purchased >> Lemmings ... for DOS. Well, it was under a fiver, and came with More >> Lemmings too. The problem is that it's on floppy disk. I've access to >> floppy drives all over the place, I have machines with FD drives running >> DOS, Linux, and Win98. >> >> I'm intending to run DOSBox so that I can play this game. My question >> is, what's the best way of dealing with these disks (one per game) so >> that I can "get them into" DOSBox? > > I think I'd be inclined to use the Linux box and 'dd' to convert the > physical floppies into image files. > > Something like > > dd if=/dev/fd0 of=floppy.image bs=512 > > then use the network or a USB thumb drive to copy the image over to your > Mac. I was worried that it'd come to that. It's been a long time since I used dd, looks like it's back to the man page... dd was never easy to use. Thanks for mentioning it. As no-one else has I'll assume that it's my only option and go with it. Justin. -- Justin C, by the sea. |