Indy 500

Odd request. Does anyone know how to get Indy 500 (yes, the 1989 papy game) working propperly in Windows XP? I've tried everything but it just runs really sluggishly. I would quite like GP2 and Screamer rally to work as well but Indy 500 is the one I'm most interested in. Thanks. --Matt Wooding

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> Odd request. > Does anyone know how to get Indy 500 (yes, the 1989 papy game) > working propperly in Windows XP? I've tried everything but it just > runs really sluggishly. > I would quite like GP2 and Screamer rally to work as well but Indy > 500 is the one I'm most interested in. > Thanks. > --Matt Wooding > >

Sorry, I don't have a answer for ya. But, I do second the problem. Indy500 ran like a stuffed pig on my WinXP system. I never found a way around it. Haven't seen any DOS emulators, either. I'm hoping some will surface in the near future. The only two suggestions I have is to: 1.) Build a low end (P-90) box for it (assuming you play other oldies, too). Or, 2.) perhaps set up multi-boot system. One operating system on each parition. The sad fact is, WinXP isn't built on DOS...therefore 95% of my older games are junk. If you find a solution, I'd be interested in hearing about it. :) -Will

My current solution is to have two PC's :-) I did try having Win 98 and XP on my desktop at the same time (mostly because of XP not supporting my parallel scanner and serial steering wheel) but 98 started to have wierd problems with missing DLLs so I gave up and went back to just 98. --Matt "William Bradshaw" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > "Mattew Wooding" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:a5907o$mog$[email hidden]... > > Odd request. > > Does anyone know how to get Indy 500 (yes, the 1989 papy game) > > working propperly in Windows XP? I've tried everything but it just > > runs really sluggishly. > > I would quite like GP2 and Screamer rally to work as well but Indy > > 500 is the one I'm most interested in. > > Thanks. > > --Matt Wooding > > > > > > Sorry, I don't have a answer for ya. But, I do second the problem. Indy500 > ran like a stuffed pig on my WinXP system. I never found a way around it. > Haven't seen any DOS emulators, either. I'm hoping some will surface in

the > near future. The only two suggestions I have is to: 1.) Build a low end > (P-90) box for it (assuming you play other oldies, too). Or, 2.) perhapsset > up multi-boot system. One operating system on each parition. > > The sad fact is, WinXP isn't built on DOS...therefore 95% of my oldergames > are junk. If you find a solution, I'd be interested in hearing about it.:) > > -Will > >

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> Odd request. > Does anyone know how to get Indy 500 (yes, the 1989 papy game) > working propperly in Windows XP? I've tried everything but it just > runs really sluggishly. > I would quite like GP2 and Screamer rally to work as well but Indy > 500 is the one I'm most interested in. > Thanks. > --Matt Wooding >

Have you tried the compatibility mode? I've not tried it on anything myself as I've only had XP for a couple of months and not needed to run a DOS-based proggie yet, so this is at your own risk :-) Find the .EXE file and right click it, go to Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab and click the tick box. Choose an operating system, hit OK and see if it runs! I'm not sure that DOS appears in the list, it didn't with the file I selected to have a look at the option, but that may be just the file. I got hold of a copy of that game recently actually, but I just haven't had the time to try it out. I think I will tomorrow! Pat.

> Have you tried the compatibility mode? I've not tried it on anythingmyself > as I've only had XP for a couple of months and not needed to run aDOS-based

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> proggie yet, so this is at your own risk :-) > > Find the .EXE file and right click it, go to Properties. > Go to the Compatibility tab and click the tick box. Choose an operating > system, hit OK and see if it runs! I'm not sure that DOS appears in the > list, it didn't with the file I selected to have a look at the option, but > that may be just the file. > > I got hold of a copy of that game recently actually, but I just haven't

had > the time to try it out. I think I will tomorrow! > > Pat. First thing I tried I'm afraid. None of the programmes I've tried it with had been helped by the compatability function. I suppose it's just for recacitrant Windows programmes, not legacy DOS stuff. The best solution might just be a dual boot system with dos 6.22 or something, though I've no idea how I'd get the soundcard to work. Oh well. --Matt Wooding

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> > Have you tried the compatibility mode? I've not tried it on anything > myself > > as I've only had XP for a couple of months and not needed to run a > DOS-based > > proggie yet, so this is at your own risk :-) > > > > First thing I tried I'm afraid. > None of the programmes I've tried it with had been helped by the > compatability > function. I suppose it's just for recacitrant Windows programmes, not

legacy > DOS stuff. The best solution might just be a dual boot system with dos6.22 > or something, though I've no idea how I'd get the soundcard to work. > Oh well. > > --Matt Wooding > I tried it yesterday - I see what you mean :-) I tried it as is, and then with compatibility set to Win95 and there was no difference. I didn't try the DOS Command Prompt in the Start/Accessories menu, that *might* work. Never mind, I only installed it to see if it was the same game I had on Amiga a long while ago - it is :-) Shame it won't run properly, I'd like to see how much better I've got at driving over the years.... And the sound was a bit ridiculous :-) Pat.

Staying on-topic, how about Indy-500 on W98 or W95 ? I must be honest, I have got that game somewhere stacked away, and have not tried it for a long time ... makes me wanne try. As I recall, I guess I tried it once on Win95, without success - Anybody ? William Bradshaw wrote:

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> "Mattew Wooding" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:a5907o$mog$[email hidden]... > > Odd request. > > Does anyone know how to get Indy 500 (yes, the 1989 papy game) > > working propperly in Windows XP? I've tried everything but it just > > runs really sluggishly. > > I would quite like GP2 and Screamer rally to work as well but Indy > > 500 is the one I'm most interested in. > > Thanks. > > --Matt Wooding > > > > > > Sorry, I don't have a answer for ya. But, I do second the problem. Indy500 > ran like a stuffed pig on my WinXP system. I never found a way around it. > Haven't seen any DOS emulators, either. I'm hoping some will surface in the > near future. The only two suggestions I have is to: 1.) Build a low end > (P-90) box for it (assuming you play other oldies, too). Or, 2.) perhaps set > up multi-boot system. One operating system on each parition. > > The sad fact is, WinXP isn't built on DOS...therefore 95% of my older games > are junk. If you find a solution, I'd be interested in hearing about it. :) > > -Will

On Sat, 23 Feb 2002 15:31:26 -0600, "William Bradshaw" <[email hidden]> wrote: >The sad fact is, WinXP isn't built on DOS... Sad?!?! Speak for yourself... I'm doing backflips of joy over here... ;-)

That game is running on my parents machine with win95, and has been, without a problem, for a few years. ( My dad enjoys it) Michael

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> On Sat, 23 Feb 2002 15:31:26 -0600, "William Bradshaw" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > >The sad fact is, WinXP isn't built on DOS... > > Sad?!?! > > Speak for yourself... I'm doing backflips of joy over here... ;-) > >

haha. Yeah man, it's a bummer for me...tons of worthless games...good for everyone else because of solid stability. :-)

In article <[email hidden]>, Tony Van Cauter <[email hidden]> writes: >Staying on-topic, how about Indy-500 on W98 or W95 ? I must be honest, I have >got that game somewhere stacked away, and have not tried it for a long time >... >makes me wanne try. As I recall, I guess I tried it once on Win95, without >success - Anybody ? Worked for me - win 95 and 98. What problem(s) did you have? Boot to dos, make sure you have your sound card driver loaded in the config.sys. Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 18:29:48 -0600, "William Bradshaw" <[email hidden]> wrote: >haha. Yeah man, it's a bummer for me...tons of worthless games...good for >everyone else because of solid stability. :-) > Btw, ran across this: http://www.cgonline.com/features/020226-f1-f1.html Maybe some help?