 STVslippery when wetPremium
join:2000-10-02
Saint Charles, MO | Jetfighter III and dosbox ? Any of youz try dosbox fr old games?
I heard it worked so I tried it.
I'm trying to run Jet fighter III but every time I get to the the spot to run jf3.exe in dosbox I get an error -1 can not fin index library?
I messed with this fr a couple hrs and it is driving me nuts ...
any help will be apreciated..
thnx
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 drewPremium
join:2002-07-10
Port Orchard, WA
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| said by STV: Any of youz try dosbox fr old games? I heard it worked so I tried it. I'm trying to run Jet fighter III but every time I get to the the spot to run jf3.exe in dosbox I get an error -1 can not fin index library? I messed with this fr a couple hrs and it is driving me nuts ... any help will be apreciated.. thnx There's this awesome irony between your post and your sig:
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Don't expect much of a response here. This is a niche game. DOSBox has its own forums (IIRC). I suggest posting there.
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MargolisPremium
join:2003-11-24
Saint Louis, MO | reply to STV
DOSbox is a very nice utility. I haven't had any problems with it. Do you have the folder with game mounted properly? Where did you get the game? It sounds like you are missing some files that game needs to run, or they are not in the mounted folder. |
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STVslippery when wetPremium
join:2000-10-02
Saint Charles, MO | What is the proper way of mounting it?
The CD is store bought years ago when I was running windows 95
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MargolisPremium
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Saint Louis, MO
2 edits | reply to STV
first off, once you open DOSbox you can just type "intro" at the z:\ and it will tell you a good amount of info if you haven't done that.
z:\intro mount
will explain how to mount
z:\intro cdrom
will give you info on cd support.
z:\intro
will tell you all the above and more
I have never needed cd support yet, so I don't know much about their support. All my old dos games are already on my harddrives, no need for cd. Not to mention the fact that most of my dos games are on 5.25" floppies and 3.5" diskettes... 
also, for really good help visit the dosbox forums:
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STVslippery when wetPremium
join:2000-10-02
Saint Charles, MO | Pretty sure I been doen it right..
but always get that error code: -1
I posted at the dosbox forum ,no replies yet.
thnx fr the help
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MargolisPremium
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Saint Louis, MO | does the game require the the cdrom to be in the drive when playing? If so you would also have to mount the cdrom |
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STVslippery when wetPremium
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Saint Charles, MO | I dont know but I'll give it a shot.. |
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STVslippery when wetPremium
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Saint Charles, MO
2 edits | reply to Margolis
I got it to work and F22 lightning II also.
I could never get it to work through the cd rom so I created an image of the disc.
I made a image folder in C:
Here's a pic of what I did.
I just type jf3 and the game runs great
thnx fr the help
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MargolisPremium
join:2003-11-24
Saint Louis, MO | reply to STV
glad to hear you got it solved  |
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 Vamp9190Premium
join:2002-02-11
Chantilly, VA
kudos:1 | reply to STV
So these games don't run at all in Win7 and newer OS? What about running the shortcut in compatibility mode? |
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STVslippery when wetPremium
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Saint Charles, MO | I tried compatability mode,it was a no go
They wont run in XP either without dosbox.
Dosbox does work in Vista and 7
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MargolisPremium
join:2003-11-24
Saint Louis, MO | reply to Vamp9190
said by Vamp9190:So these games don't run at all in Win7 and newer OS? What about running the shortcut in compatibility mode? no, old dos games have to be run inside dosbox. It's not just the newer windows either, windows 2000 and XP have to use dosbox also. win98 was the last version that could run dos programs natively. |
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Da Man
join:2008-05-08
Hanover, PA | NTVDM worked on some DOS games but that isn't available on 64bit. |
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Vamp9190Premium
join:2002-02-11
Chantilly, VA
kudos:1 | reply to Margolis
said by Margolis:no, old dos games have to be run inside dosbox. It's not just the newer windows either, windows 2000 and XP have to use dosbox also. win98 was the last version that could run dos programs natively. Ahh, gotcha, it is a pure Dos game. I was thinking it was an early Windows game. Yeah I remember installing those games off of like 10 floppies on my first actual Win PC (486DX 66Mhz, lol), the C64 dosen't technically count. |
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