Windows XP Pro and Emulators?

Anyone got any feedback yet on Windows XP and Pro XP with all the Emulators out there.? I'm into quite afew and would hate to lose them.

On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:15:03 +0800, "Stuart Nicholson" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Anyone got any feedback yet on Windows XP and Pro XP with all the Emulators >out there.? I'm into quite afew and would hate to lose them. >dos is not an option.

simulators does not equal emulators. Perhaps you should try to target your posts better? "Stuart Nicholson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Anyone got any feedback yet on Windows XP and Pro XP with all theEmulators > out there.? I'm into quite afew and would hate to lose them. > >

epsxe works vgs does ot .. most windwos programs work.. basically, anyting that ran under Nt and windows 2000 will work under win xp. you cannot use any dos programs since dos technically does not exist anymore in windows -anu quoth09 <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:15:03 +0800, "Stuart Nicholson" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Anyone got any feedback yet on Windows XP and Pro XP with all theEmulators > >out there.? I'm into quite afew and would hate to lose them. > > > dos is not an option.

On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:15:03 +0800, "Stuart Nicholson" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Anyone got any feedback yet on Windows XP and Pro XP with all the Emulators >out there.? I'm into quite afew and would hate to lose them. >Since I also have the same question, allow me to interpet: Will Windows XP run driving games, sims, emulators or whatever with force feedback?

On Sat, 25 Aug 2001 16:44:51 GMT, Mr Tuvok <[email hidden] > wrote:

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>On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:15:03 +0800, "Stuart Nicholson" ><[email hidden]> wrote: > >>Anyone got any feedback yet on Windows XP and Pro XP with all the Emulators >>out there.? I'm into quite afew and would hate to lose them. >> >Since I also have the same question, allow me to interpet: >Will Windows XP run driving games, sims, emulators or whatever with >force feedback?

No problems running the last few versions of MAME 32 for me on XP RC 2. In addition, all of my Windows based racing sims work well. XP comes with drivers for the Logitech Formula Force and FF is implemented fine. Cheers, Mortado "What is real? Are you certain you know what reality is? How do you know at this second you aren't asleep in your bed, dreaming that you are here..." -The Wizard of Gore Mortado's Page of Filth http://www.shadows.com/mortado/ My musician photography site http://www.gravemusic.com

Bastards! They killed DOS! :) quoth09 <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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> On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:15:03 +0800, "Stuart Nicholson" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Anyone got any feedback yet on Windows XP and Pro XP with all the Emulators > >out there.? I'm into quite afew and would hate to lose them. > > > dos is not an option.

"Stuart Nicholson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Anyone got any feedback yet on Windows XP and Pro XP with all theEmulators > out there.? I'm into quite afew and would hate to lose them. B2 is just fine. SoftMac is . . . well, SoftMac . . . And farewell Fusion. But you could make a DOS partition with Partition Magic7

But they have dos emulation!!! "JR McVicker" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Bastards! They killed DOS! :) > > quoth09 <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:<[email hidden]>... > > On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:15:03 +0800, "Stuart Nicholson" > > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > >Anyone got any feedback yet on Windows XP and Pro XP with all theEmulators > > >out there.? I'm into quite afew and would hate to lose them. > > > > > dos is not an option.

But they have dos emulation!!!

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> Bastards! They killed DOS! :) > > On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:15:03 +0800, "Stuart Nicholson" > > >Anyone got any feedback yet on Windows XP and Pro XP with all the

Emulators > > >out there.? I'm into quite afew and would hate to lose them. > > dos is not an option.

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>>>> Anyone got any feedback yet on Windows XP and Pro XP with all the >>>> Emulators out there.? I'm into quite afew and would hate to lose them. >>> dos is not an option. >> Bastards! They killed DOS! :) >But they have dos emulation!!!

You know, the real answer to this problem is quite simple... don't buy, install, or use Windows XP. :) Even the usually gung-ho-over-Microsoft industry trade publications are writing reviews which say, in essence, that they see no compelling reason for most people to upgrade to it, and are being very critical of this product-activation scheme, so - just don't do it. Keep your old Win98SE CD's, and if your new computer comes with WinXP installed - erase it and load Win98SE instead. :) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "So I ask again: What was it you hoped to teach us? It occurs to me that maybe you just wanted us to know the depths of your hatred. If that's the case, consider the message received. And take this message in exchange: You don't know my people. You don't know what we're capable of. You don't know what you just started. But you're about to learn." --(Leonard Pitts jr., newspaper columnist, Sept. 12th, 2001) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- solarfox@DON'TMESSWITHtexas.net (Gary Akins jr.) http://solarfox.home.texas.net/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

On Sun, 23 Sep 2001 13:29:56 GMT, solarfox@DON'TMESSWITHtexas.net wrote:

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> You know, the real answer to this problem is quite simple... don't >buy, install, or use Windows XP. :) Even the usually >gung-ho-over-Microsoft industry trade publications are writing reviews >which say, in essence, that they see no compelling reason for most people >to upgrade to it, and are being very critical of this product-activation >scheme, so - just don't do it. Keep your old Win98SE CD's, and if your new >computer comes with WinXP installed - erase it and load Win98SE instead. :)

Works great for me. Excellent stability, great speed, and fantastic compatibility. Probably not quite as great shakes for Win2K users, but I'd reccommend that anyone stick their WinME CDs in the microwave for a few minutes -- during which they should install XP. Maybe even 98 users... the 9x series has always had utterly brain-dead memory management. Still, though I've had a few problems with a select few emulators, the vast majority thus far have run as good or better than they did on WinME (DOS emulators in particular). I'm not ordinarily the sort of person to say anything nice about Microsoft products -- if anything, I could have written a book of profanities directed at Microsoft by now. XP however has impressed me enough to actually install, run, and <gasp> LIKE it. And that's something I _never_ thought I'd do to a Microsoft product. Like it, that is.

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On Tue, 09 Oct 2001 04:17:18 GMT, Mindfield <[email hidden]> wrote: >XP however has impressed me enough to actually install, run, and ><gasp> LIKE it. And that's something I _never_ thought I'd do to a >Microsoft product. Like it, that is. I just read a review of XP last night that someone posted a link to in this group and except for one game, Win98 ran them faster. For gamers I think Win98 is better. Any memorry mangement problems can be overcome in Win9x with a tweak or two. Besides, that XP activation scheme makes it a no-buy for me - ever.

On Tue, 09 Oct 2001 11:16:14 -0400, Dave Ryerson <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>On Tue, 09 Oct 2001 04:17:18 GMT, Mindfield ><[email hidden]> wrote: > > >I just read a review of XP last night that someone posted a link to in >this group and except for one game, Win98 ran them faster. For gamers >I think Win98 is better. Any memorry mangement problems can be >overcome in Win9x with a tweak or two.

I tweaked my system to hell and back and never once improved stability in my system. and I looked for every tweak I could find to improve system performance and stability. No matter what I tried, I still have to reboot multiple times daily as resources dwindled to nothing on a regular and frequent basis. As far as speed is concerned, I noticed no significant performance hit. Those with minimal amounts of memory (64-128mb) might notice slowdowns as XP does require more memory to run, and therefore leaves less for applications and games to use. I ran Max Payne on both XP and Me on my Duron 700Mhz, 384mb PC133 RAM and a GeForce 2 MX AGP (32mb) and noticed no performance hit at all. Everything ran very smoothly. My older Voodoo3 card didn't work worth a damn -- but that was a driver issue, and third party hacks notwithstanding, there are, and never will be, official updated Glide drivers for XP. No big deal to me, though; I'd been meaning to upgrade that card to a GeForce anyway. > Besides, that XP activation >scheme makes it a no-buy for me - ever. Activation can be a bit of a pain, but for the most part it's not as bad as everyone thinks. 1) No private information is sent. Only an encrypted string containing numerical values representing your system configuration at the time of activation. 2) Although you may not change more than 3 components under XP without re-activating, this configuration snapshot is reset every 120 days. Every 120 days, a new snapshot is taken of your config, providing you with a further three, activation-free upgrades to the system. Only major components are recorded: Hard disk(s), video card, sound card, modem, NIC, RAM, CPU, CD-ROM/R/DVD-ROM/R, motherboard, and monitor. USB, removable (ZIP/JAZ/SHARQ, etc.) and other external devices, such as mice, scanners, printers, cable/DSL modems (only the NIC is recorded), and gaming devices, are not recorded. For portable computers (Laptops/notebooks) the upgrade limit is 6, not 3. In addition, the Windows license provides installation on one desktop and one portable device simultaneously with a single XP package. The 120 day rule also applies to portable devices, and its activation is not based on system configuration; instead, it records the BIOS information and uses that for a snapshot. This means swappable notebook devices (CD/DVD-ROM/Floppy, as well as PCMCIA devices) do not affect your activation at all. Now, I'm not condoning WPA -- I still think it's a bad idea and will work to hurt sales of the OS, but despite that, I think the benefits of XP over previous consumer versions of the Windows OS (NT/2000 notwithstanding) far outweigh the inconvenience of WPA. NT/2000 users do have reasons to upgrade to XP, but I think in the end those reasons are probably not significant enough to make it worth the while for many happy NT/2K users. The strongest seller for XP I think is its stability. NT/2000 already enjoy this, but 9x/Me users will find infinitely greater stability and control over misbehaved applications than they ever did with 9x/Me, and _NO_ resource leaks and frequent reboots. I can run for weeks without requiring a single reboot, something I could only ever dream about with previous versions of Windows, and even installing newer software packages using Windows Installer or newer versions of Installshield/WISE don't require rebooting to complete installation, as registered components integrate dynamically and immediately into the system, not at reboot. The only time rebooting is needed for tasks requiring that an active, locked drive be dismounted (such as converting to/from NTFS, or resizing/altering partitions in Partition Magic). And the compatibility, all things considered, is outstanding, surpassing 2K by light years, and even giving greatly improved compatibility over Me -- I'm able to run stuff Me choked to death on. I think that for the first time in my life, even if Microsoft weren't giving me a copy for free, I'd still buy it. For once, it's actually worth my money. Mindfield "I'm mad... but I've got a good watch." -Alexei Sayle Remove the badgers before E-Mailing.

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On Fri, 19 Oct 2001 23:48:18 +0800, Bateau <[email hidden]> wrote: >Can you run DOS programs in it? I've had good luck with it. A great many games and most emulators seem to run just fine. There are some I've had problems getting to work properly, but those have usually been attributed to conventional memory, sound, and/or video card issues. Overall though I've been able to run more old DOS stuff than I was able to get working on WinMe. Mindfield "I'm mad... but I've got a good watch." -Alexei Sayle Remove the badgers before E-Mailing.

Unless you happen to use Windows XP Enterprise like me, which does not need to be activated. This is the corporate version of WiN XP and is by far the best OS I have ever seen. Some people are skeptics and will hide under win98se's skirt for the rest of their little lives but not me, nor anyone else who has seen the true awesome power of XP Enterprise. My only problem thus far is i can not use my old Bleem PSX emulator.. and if anyone knows of one for the PSX 1 that will work under XP please send me an email at [email hidden] .If anyone is in the local area and wishes to well borrow my XP cd to check it out of course not copy it... wink wink.. well let me know i am in Norfolk, Virginia. Tah Tah.. and believe XP is yer daddy.. biatch -- Posted from cx1216061-b.nrflk1.va.home.com [65.14.198.64] via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG