SB Emulation in MS-DOS/ Windows 95/98/ME

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Background

Legacy games in the market have been designed for only MS DOS. SB Live! supports MS DOS 

games. There are two ways to play MS DOS games:

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From the MS DOS box in Windows 95/98/ME (recommended)

To open the box:

  Click 

Start

  > 

Programs

  > 

MS DOS Prompt

.

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In the Windows 95/98 MS DOS mode

There may be times when you do not want to or cannot run a game from the MS DOS box. 

The game may be incompatible with Windows 95/98, or there are insufficient system 

resources to play the game with Windows 95/98 loaded. In such cases, use the MS DOS 

mode, in which only the real mode portions of Windows 95/98 are loaded.

To restart the system in MS DOS mode when you are already in Windows 95/98:

1. Click 

Start

  > 

Shut Down

.

2. Click the 

Restart the computer in MS DOS mode

 option button, and then click the 

OK

button.

To start the system in MS DOS mode at system startup:

1. At startup as Windows 95/98 is loading, hold the F8 key.

2. At the startup menu, choose the Command Prompt Only option, and then press .

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