Re: Running Dos Games from Win95

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From: Errol M. Nielsen
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 00:00

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When you say Dos Mode, are you referring to the 'Shutdown to Dos Mode' from W95, or building a pif file to do a reboot to Dos Mode?

Errol


Kate & Andrew wrote 
:I've got a few questions regarding running my sound blaster in Dos games,
:while running Windows 95.
:I want to play a few games (such as Transport Tycoon) but when I run the
:computer in Dos Mode, the sound blaster will not work.
:
:I assume that I have to re-install the sound blaster while in dos mode, but
:this caused another problem because the computer does not have enough
:memory to install the software. (even though I've got 16Mb of Ram)
:
:I am new to computers so I might be missing the obvious.....but I have a
:question....if you install anything in  Windows 95 (such as SoundCard) does
:this still work while you are in Dos Mode, and if not how do I get around
:this problem?
:
:Any help would be appreciated....
:
:Regards
:Andrew Mitchell

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From: "Errol M. Nielsen" <Errol_Nielsen@msn.com>
Subject: Re: Running Dos Games from Win95
Date: 1998/04/07
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