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Title: DOS Vantage autostart question
Post by: unix4hire on October 28, 2005, 06:54:50 pm
I'm building a little DOS machine with Vantage.  I will try to use a arcade@home frontend (anything better for this purpose?).  After booting the machine how can I get it to go right into the program with no intervention?  I don't know if this is possible but someone here surely does!  thanks ---Erich
Title: Re: DOS Vantage autostart question
Post by: SirPeale on October 28, 2005, 08:39:10 pm
I will try to use a arcade@home frontend (anything better for this purpose?). 

ArcadeOS?
Title: Re: DOS Vantage autostart question
Post by: unix4hire on October 28, 2005, 10:27:48 pm
I will try to use a arcade@home frontend (anything better for this purpose?). 

ArcadeOS?

Yeah, that's what I meant.  oops. ???
Title: Re: DOS Vantage autostart question
Post by: JoyMonkey on October 29, 2005, 11:19:32 am
Quick answer: open C:\autoexec.bat in a text editor and make sure the last line reads
C:\arcadeos\arcadeos.exe
or points to wherever you put ArcadeOS.


If you're not so familiar with DOS it can all be pretty confusing.
Here's an exe that you can extract to a floppy disk. It boots straight to GameLauncher (in debug mode) and is set up to run Vantage
http://www.wickedretarded.com/misc/vantage-floppy6.exe
Essentially, your hard drive should be set up in the same way as this floppy disk.
Title: Re: DOS Vantage autostart question
Post by: unix4hire on October 30, 2005, 10:50:01 am
Quick answer: open C:\autoexec.bat in a text editor and make sure the last line reads
C:\arcadeos\arcadeos.exe
or points to wherever you put ArcadeOS.


If you're not so familiar with DOS it can all be pretty confusing.
Here's an exe that you can extract to a floppy disk. It boots straight to GameLauncher (in debug mode) and is set up to run Vantage
http://www.wickedretarded.com/misc/vantage-floppy6.exe
Essentially, your hard drive should be set up in the same way as this floppy disk.

Thank you very much!  I'll give it a try today.