R31 DOS retrogaming

[superdonut]

By any chance does anyone know what could be a trouble with ThinkPad R31 running DOS games? They crash and don't run. Windows98 and 32 bit applications run perfectly. Just in case, here is a thread I've created on vogons: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=78976

[Screamer]

Try running your DOS games with DOS/32A. That worked for me with some games that didn't want to start with DOS/4GW.

[superdonut]

I wonder if a recovery CD exist for the R31. Or maybe there is another way to restore factory-installed software - to check if DOS games worked out of the box.
BTW I've tried installing vanilla Windows98 and WindowsXP and all the appropriate drivers from the R31 downloads and, unfortunately, DOS stuff didn't run.

[superdonut]

Try running your DOS games with DOS/32A. That worked for me with some games that didn't want to start with DOS/4GW.

No luck

[davidgurvich]

I've had better luck running some of these programs using DosBox.

[dr_st]

I've had better luck running some of these programs using DosBox.

Oh, that goes without saying. But retrogaming is this hobby where it is not always just about running the games, but also about using real hardware, or period-correct systems, or whatnot...

[superdonut]

I've had better luck running some of these programs using DosBox.

Oh, that goes without saying. But retrogaming is this hobby where it is not always just about running the games, but also about using real hardware, or period-correct systems, or whatnot...

This is true, indeed