After using a dual-boot system for a while (Win98 + Mandrake) on my home machine, I've decided to go for Linux only on my new (well, used) notebook (Latitude PII 266 w/ 128 MB RAM). In any case, I don't really use any Windows programs except a few games (well, I use office tools and programming environments, but there are plenty of good ones in Linux as is), so I'm looking into using WINE for a few games. I've heard Civilization II runs a bit slow, but is fully playable. How about Alpha Centauri, Seven Kingdoms, and Septerra Core? Anyone tried these? I've tried to run a few web searches to find the info I'm looking for, but I've only found mediocre lists with maybe a dozen games listed. Also, is there any kind of free DOS emulator for Linux, or should I just stick FreeDOS/Dr. DOS/MS-DOS(argh!) on another partition and go for dual booting again (I have a few old DOS games I pick up once in a blue moon)? Thanks for your help! Best, --Imad "(e)magius" Hussain _____________________________________________________________________ "I have put on the mask of the sorcerer to hide my true self, but I am revealed, for the mask has become my own face." -- Darrell Schweitzer, _The Mask of the Sorcerer_ _____________________________________________________________________
On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 09:47:39 -0500, (e)magius <magius@purdue.edu> wrote:> How about Alpha Centauri, Seven Kingdoms, and Septerra Core? > Anyone tried these?Nope, why don't you? Anyway, there's a native port of Alpha Centauri available from Loki, in case you didn't know. Of course you'll want to buy that to support Loki even if you have the windows version already, right? ;)> Also, is there any kind of free DOS emulator for Linux, or should I just > stick FreeDOS/Dr. DOS/MS-DOS(argh!) on another partition and go for dual > booting again (I have a few old DOS games I pick up once in a blue > moon)?There is. It's called, imaginetively enough, dosemu and it should come with most distributions. Mind you, it's not actually a dos emulator but rather a (limited) virtual machine in which you can run some implementation of DOS (FreeDOS being a valid choice, if it runs your software). Then there's of course the plex86 virtual PC project, which, as I heard, has come far enough to boot some OSes, including eg. Win9x. Haven't tried myself though, since I have no need for such. -- Mikko Rauhala - mjr@iki.fi - http://www.iki.fi/mjr/