Caesar II, Windows 7(x64), and the forDosBox installer

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Re: Caesar II, Windows 7(x64), and the forDosBox installer

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Re: Caesar II, Windows 7(x64), and the forDosBox installer

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What are the contents of the C2.bat?
01000010 01111001 01110100 01100101 00100000 01101101 01100101 00100001

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Re: Caesar II, Windows 7(x64), and the forDosBox installer

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How do I determine that? I tried opening it in 7-zip ("open inside"), and nothing (seemed to) happen. Although, it did open up in notepad. I thought that was a mistake, though.
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In Notepad. It is just a text file.
01000010 01111001 01110100 01100101 00100000 01101101 01100101 00100001

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Re: Caesar II, Windows 7(x64), and the forDosBox installer

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C2.bat:
@echo off
cls
havevesa.exe
if errorlevel 1 UNIVESA.EXE
ps.exe

Just out of curiosity, do you find that old games (Sierra-era, etc.) have less compatibility issues with Windows 8? Or would I have to try really hard to find a 32-bit version of Windows 8?
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Try copying the installed folder to your real hard drive and try to set it up in DOSBox. Don't forget to mount your CD drive, too.
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Re: Caesar II, Windows 7(x64), and the forDosBox installer

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It...... it works so far!! Jaw dropped open. :$ Thank you so much!!!!
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