Old software

[123456]

Can anyone recommend me some old software for my DOS and Windows 3.1 system? Games would also be nice. :)

[George Hallam]

heres one for games

the link says it all :cool:
http://www.dosgames.com/

[saphalline]

Ever hear of "abandonware (http://www.abandonware.net/)"? Also, do a Google search of that term. Good stuff, all free now.

[kpmwrestler]

yeah, abandonware is excellent.


try Doom and Quake.

Quake is excellent, but of course Doom was first and it is an amazing game.

chex quest might be for DOS.

i remember i used to play chex quest all the time in my free time.


with windows 3.1 get the "Best of Windows Entertainment Pack" ("BOWEP")

some cool games

[classicsoftware]

Get yourself a copy of Direct Access 5.1 (http://www.retrosoftware.com/12973.html)What an excellent menu program.

[123456]

I got Norton Commander 5.5 via abandonware. I also got Liero, Scorched Earth, and BOWEP. I have tons of abandonware software like Photoshop 3, old versions of Quicktime, etc. I'd like a decent NTFS DOS driver. Also, could you look at my config.sys and autoexec.bat files? The CD-ROM driver is generic and works perfectly with my DVD drive. Workgroup for Windows 3.11 is the version of Windows. Sound and video work perfectly. Specs of the PC are in my sig.

AUTOEXEC.BAT
SET SOUND=C:\SB16
SET BLASTER=A220 I10 D0 H5 P300 E620 T6
SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E MODE:0
SET CTCM=C:\CTCM
C:\SB16\DIAGNOSE /S /W=C:\WINDOWS
C:\SB16\AWEUTIL /S
C:\SB16\MIXERSET /P /Q
C:\CTCM\CTCU /S
SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\CDROM ;c:\trumpet
SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\WINDOWS
PATH C:\NC;%PATH%
LH /L:1,27952 MSCDEX /D:12345678 /L:D
LH /L:0;2,3328 /S MOUSE

CONFIG.SYS

DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /EISA
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
BUFFERS=15,0
FILES=40
LASTDRIVE=E
FCBS=4,0
DEVICEHIGH /L:1,12048 =C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CTCM\CTCM.EXE
REM ** FILES=30
DEVICEHIGH /L:1,40800 =\CDROM\CDROM.SYS

[classicsoftware]

Type the following:

Mem/c|more>mem.txt
and post the contents of the mem.txt file here for review....

[123456]

Modules using memory below 1 MB:

Name Total = Conventional + Upper Memory
-------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
MSDOS 14,877 (15K) 14,877 (15K) 0 (0K)
HIMEM 1,168 (1K) 1,168 (1K) 0 (0K)
EMM386 3,120 (3K) 3,120 (3K) 0 (0K)
COMMAND 2,928 (3K) 2,928 (3K) 0 (0K)
SETVER 448 (0K) 0 (0K) 448 (0K)
CDROM 36,096 (35K) 0 (0K) 36,096 (35K)
MSCDEX 27,952 (27K) 0 (0K) 27,952 (27K)
MOUSE 3,328 (3K) 0 (0K) 3,328 (3K)
Free 656,192 (641K) 631,008 (616K) 25,184 (25K)

Memory Summary:

Type of Memory Total = Used + Free
---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Conventional 653,312 22,304 631,008
Upper 93,008 67,824 25,184
Reserved 0 0 0
Extended (XMS) 66,946,224 316,592 66,629,632
---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Total memory 67,692,544 406,720 67,285,824

Total under 1 MB 746,320 90,128 656,192

Largest executable program size 630,912 (616K)
Largest free upper memory block 20,112 (20K)
MS-DOS is resident in the high memory area.

[BartusCompater]

yeah, abandonware is excellent.

chex quest might be for DOS.

i remember i used to play chex quest all the time in my free time.



Chex quest was absolutely amazing.

[classicsoftware]

That's as good as it gets for DOS. You have pretty much everything loaded high that you can. Enjoy it....

[123456]

Some games like NHL95 don't work... it goes to the company animation and stops before EA Sports. Also, sometimes EMM386 crashes Windows. Is there anything better than EMM386? I tried UMBPCI.sys but it didn't run well.

[rio_bugarin]

I remember playing Raptor demo. I never had the chance to get the full version.

[123456]

I enabled 32 bit file access in Windows 3.11 WorkGroups and now when I type win in dos, I get a forever blinking underscore on the top left.

[classicsoftware]

From the DOS prompt you need to edit win.ini or system.ini and disable this. You are screwed windows wise until you do that.

[123456]

Easy fix...I edited the SYSTEM.ini and backed it up first, then deleted the first two lines under 386Enc or whatever it is. Works perfectly. Also decreased the RAM from 320mb to 128mb since DOS/Win3x has issues with over 256mb RAM.

[kpmwrestler]

i almost forgot about liero

one of the most awesome dos games

[123456]

Grabbed liero. It's awesome. Also, Scorched Earth is good.