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by eXo
Tue 08 Jan, 2019 8:18 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PCem requests for a Win9x Project
Replies: 9
Views: 11053

Re: PCem requests for a Win9x Project

Ah, that makes sense. However the drawback here is the CD images are now inside a hard disk file. So from a preservation standpoint, they are not easily accessible anymore. That is probably a nitpick, but my project serves to both provide the original media as well as a way to use the media. I try n...
by eXo
Tue 08 Jan, 2019 8:01 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PCem requests for a Win9x Project
Replies: 9
Views: 11053

Re: PCem requests for a Win9x Project

For my project to maintain its current build standards, it has to be portable. Which means not relying on third party software that requires a manual install (eg: daemon tools). DOSBox handles this by taking all mountable images up front, and then switching through them via a hotkey (ctrl-f4). It wo...
by eXo
Tue 08 Jan, 2019 7:07 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PCem requests for a Win9x Project
Replies: 9
Views: 11053

Re: PCem requests for a Win9x Project

Good idea, but I don't think I'm understanding how it may work. Let's say we have a C dynamic partition with only Windows 9x and then another partition where a specific game is installed? If that's the case, then we'd need at least two images for each game. One for the CD-ROM image, and another for...
by eXo
Tue 08 Jan, 2019 3:17 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PCem requests for a Win9x Project
Replies: 9
Views: 11053

Re: PCem requests for a Win9x Project

follow up: someone at my discord has just informed me that maybe dynamic disk support is already in the works? If so, yay =)
by eXo
Tue 08 Jan, 2019 3:13 pm
Forum: General
Topic: PCem requests for a Win9x Project
Replies: 9
Views: 11053

PCem requests for a Win9x Project

Hello everyone. I go by eXo and spend a lot of time building retro game packs. I started with DOS, and then a few years back I tackled Windows 3.1. I've had requests for years to start a Win9x preservation project. At one point I was working closely with a fellow who maintained the dosbox-x port, ho...