Re: The easiest way to run X-Com under XP yet!

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From: Penelope Baker
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 00:06

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"Jon Dowland" <spambox@alcopop.org> wrote in message
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> On 2003-09-18, BladeFireLight <kid3@usa.net> wrote:
> > DOSBox v0.58 (CVS/Not Supported)
> >
> > This will run the Dos version of Xcom and TFTD smoothly on my 2700+
> > under XP.. The speed controls seem to be verry good. and the SB Sound
> > emulation runs great once I speed it up.. (the default speed is
> > insanly slow)
> >
> > I got this _Beta_ version from :
> >
> > http://files.pixelz.org/dosboxcvs.zip
> >
> > -Blade FireLight
>
> I'm about to give this a go. It's open source and there's a version in
> Debian...

I never managed to get it to work, but good luck to ya :)

Peace,
Pen

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From: "Penelope Baker" <penelope_baker@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The easiest way to run X-Com under XP yet!
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 20:06:46 -0400
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