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Do you have a link to those?


-Micah


"Penelope Baker" <penelope_baker@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:vmf3gup8c8etb9@corp.supernews.com...
> Well, you actually can get DOS based NTFS drivers if you want.  Free ones
> too :)
>
> Peace,
> Pen
>
> "Jason" <badmonkeyREMOVE@BANANAScfl.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:Bmy9b.23295$kX.6303@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
> > Penelope Baker wrote:
> > > I tried all the hacks, cracks, cheats, CD protections, sound VM
drivers,
> > > etc.  NOTHING worked.
> > >
> >  >
> > (snip-er-rooni)
> > >
> > > Yeah, I know, it's not REALLY under XP, but it turned out to be the
best
> > > solution for me and was the least 'quirky'.  :)
> > >
> > > Peace,
> > > Pen
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Just a heads-up. This method absolutely will not work if the drive you
> > are using has been formatted as an NTFS filesytem (as many pre-installed
> > and wipe-and-startover installs are.)
> >
> > An alternative, if you are using an NTFS filesystem, is to burn all the
> > above files to a CD-R, and make it bootable. You can also put copies of
> > X-COM on the CD-R, and if you're feeling adventurous, write up a boot
> > menu that you can use to go straight into one of the games. Using this
> > method, you can play X-COM on anyones computer (well, x86 machines, at
> > least, and unless they had the same sound card, you'd be without sound)
> > , anywhere, anytime, without having to install anything.
> >
> > Agreed with what Micah said though. Applying this procedure to an
> > individual computer would be tedious at best, fraught with much trial
> > and error at worst, and downright impossible if you dont have a copy of
> > Win95/98 or DOS. But it would work, and hey, learning DOS would give a
> > lot you lazy-ass newbies a taste of what it was like to try and get
> > these games running on the systems of 10 years ago. :D
> >
>
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