Subj : Re: TradeWars 2002 in Dosemu on Linux
To   : Zero Reader
From : claw
Date : Thu Jun 02 2022 05:46 pm

On 02 Jun 2022, Zero Reader said the following...
 ZR> It looks like there is a non-DPMI version available. Have you tried that
 ZR> one?
 ZR> 
 ZR> http://wiki.classictw.com/index.php?title=Application:TradeWars_2002_v3
 ZR> 
 ZR> There's also a guide to installing TW with dosemu on the Arcadia BBS
 ZR> page. I don't know if it's still valid:
 ZR> 
 ZR> https://www.arcadiabbs.com/setting-up-tradewars-on-linux/
 ZR> 
 ZR> For what it's worth, I run dosemu2 for door games (I had to switch to
 ZR> dosemu2 to run the latest Usurper -- one of my favorites) and it seems
 ZR> to work fine.
 ZR> 
 ZR> I don't run the DOS version of TW, I run TWGS as a service using WINE
 ZR> under Linux, and it seems fine. It was really as simple as installing
 ZR> wine and clicking the TWGS installer. That's all I had to do!
 ZR> 
 ZR> Hope you get it going!
 ZR> 

this is great to know!  I do plan to move it to Linux sooner or later.  Windows updates when it feels like it then all of the sudden my TW server is down.

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