MSDOS FS 5.1 runnable under Windows 2000/XP?

Windows 3.x, 95 and 98 (and probably ME) require that Himem.sys load on
startup to provide "Extended Memory." Even if you do not explicitly load
Himem in your config.sys file it will load itself along with another file
named Ifshlp.sys which helps provide the file system. Both are required for
Windows 3.x to probably Windows ME. EMM386.exe, if loaded among others can
provide "Expanded Memory." I still have some old DOS configuration tips
posted at my ATP/Pro Pilot flight simulation site:
http://mvps.org/winmac/win95dos.html
Windows 2000 then XP were built from the NT architecture in parallel with
the above Windows versions thus, if there were any instructions to make
FS5.1 work on NT try those.
FS History
Here's a short history of FS and ATP you might enjoy:
http://simpilot.net/~stotzer/history.html
Here's another FS history page FYI:
http://simflight.com/~fshistory/fsh/start.htm
I still run Windows 98SE on my primary home system (I've been using Windows
2000 at work for years) so I can still keep loaded and run: ATP, AS1 and AS2
along with some of my old favorites likes Aces of the Pacific 1946 etc.
The homepage of my ATP site is he
http://simpilot.net/~stotzer/atp.html
-MarkS.

"Bill Wolff" wrote in message
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Feeling nostalgic... I installed FS 3, 5.1, and 98 again. I also have FS2,
but that one I have only runs on a Commodore 64/128. And
my FS3 came on a single 720KB floppy. And boy is the detail in this
version very barren! About only 8 buildings around Meigs
Downtown Chicago). Grant Park is just a yellow square, etc. And it uses
CGA graphics and the silly PC speaker (buzzer) for sound.

Anyway my question is about running MSDOS FS5.1 under Windows 2000. I got
it working under W98SE on this same machine. Although
under W98SE, FS5.1 complains when you set something (a display feature)
that requires expanded memory, that I don't have any
(although I have 256MB worth of it which 64MB available for DOS). But if I
go ahead and ignore the message, it seems to work just
fine anyway. Although the digitized sound can use either expanded or
conventional memory. And there are many warnings (in the
manuals and in the software) that under Windows that digitized sound may
crash if expanded memory is used. And it sure does.

Anyway back to Windows 2000. I guess I am not looking exactly how to do it
(as I can figure it out and I don't want people to waste
too much time on it), but I am just wondering if anybody has ever gotten
MSDOS FS 5.1 up and running under Windows 2000 ever? As the
requirements on the box states you need MSDOS 5 or higher. And Windows
2000/XP doesn't sport any real DOS (only through emulation).
Although the readme1.txt explains how to run under Windows 3.1, Windows
95, DR-DOS and OS/2 2.1 systems (and OS/2 doesn't sport a
real DOS either). Although I thought I saw something that mentioned about
Windows NT too. But I can't find it now. Maybe that was
for another FS version that I was thinking of.

Anyway playing around with MSDOS FS 5.1 under Windows 98SE isn't as bad as
I remembered. The graphics are better under FS98 of
course, but 5.1 is definitely still enjoyment to fly. And believe it or
not, the Sopwith has brakes under 5.1. grin Although it
didn't have the Bell heli yet in this version.

Bill



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