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Dos Emulators For Mac OS X ... for my friend, ^@#^ it.

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Posted 06 June 2003 - 04:04 AM

My friend wants to:

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Use the Wonderful World that is known to this universe as MZX!

But he uses a Mac running OS X.
I need to tell him where a free/cheap Dos Emulator for Mac is.

I also sez: Do not give me obvious answers like "dude,, switch to a pc... ollolololololol~~ M ACS SUX0R MY 4SS AND BAL;ls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 OLOLLOLOOLOLOL"
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Posted 20 June 2003 - 10:04 PM

I'm afraid there are only two emulators for the Mac that run DOS stuff:

1. Connectix Virtual PC - Known to have good compatibility with older games for DOS and Windows (to some extent), but is not very cheap.
2. Bochs - Free, but doesn't run much and is incredibly slow.

EDIT: Bochs is not optimized for OS X, so he'll have to run it in Classic mode.

This post has been edited by WildWeasel: 20 June 2003 - 10:05 PM

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Posted 21 June 2003 - 06:15 PM

You can get an older version of Virtual PC + DOS off of eBay for cheap ($10-$20). Do that.

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Posted 22 June 2003 - 01:44 AM

dude,, switch to a pc... ollolololololol
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Posted 22 June 2003 - 09:09 PM

After a bit of experimentation on my part with the Win version of Bochs, I will say this: consider it your LAST RESORT. It's taken me and my brother two days to get Bochs to boot a simple install of DOS, another half day to install Windows 3.11 (nessecary for some of the drivers), and possibly even longer to even get a game onto the hard drive image that is being used. Get Virtual PC if possible. Heck, follow Exo's advice and get an old version.
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Posted 23 June 2003 - 10:34 PM

M ACS SUX0R MY 4SS AND BAL;ls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 OLOLLOLOOLOLOL
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Posted 24 June 2003 - 01:55 AM

*holds head in dismay* I thought Aussie asked you not to do stuff like that...here's proof...

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I also sez: Do not give me obvious answers like "dude,, switch to a pc... ollolololololol~~ M ACS SUX0R MY 4SS AND BAL;ls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 OLOLLOLOOLOLOL"

And note that both of those replies were letter-for-letter. I don't think you people show enough respect around here! The guy uses a Macintosh because of his own personal preference.

Okay, I know that both George and Pyro weren't being serious, but the rest of us (ahem) are trying to help this dude run MZX on his Mac. Heck, if it works, the community could very well be expanded, thus bringing a larger audience to people's games. Did I get your attention yet?
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Posted 24 June 2003 - 05:14 AM

You can download some pretty good vpcs... I use one for compiling my linux binaries.

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Posted 24 June 2003 - 05:22 AM

WildWeasel, on Jun 24 2003, 01:55 AM, said:

*holds head in dismay* I thought Aussie asked you not to do stuff like that...here's proof...

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I also sez: Do not give me obvious answers like "dude,, switch to a pc... ollolololololol~~ M ACS SUX0R MY 4SS AND BAL;ls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 OLOLLOLOOLOLOL"

And note that both of those replies were letter-for-letter. I don't think you people show enough respect around here! The guy uses a Macintosh because of his own personal preference.

Okay, I know that both George and Pyro weren't being serious, but the rest of us (ahem) are trying to help this dude run MZX on his Mac. Heck, if it works, the community could very well be expanded, thus bringing a larger audience to people's games. Did I get your attention yet?

...for god sakes, give it a rest. For crying out loud, Aussie was virtually ASKING for those replies.

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Posted 27 June 2003 - 05:03 AM

I WAS NOT, YOU DIRTY ROTTER
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