Interactive Software Designs, Inc.

Running XSTABL under Microsoft Vista

MS-Vista and Win-7 does not allow DOS programs, such as XSTABL, to access the hardware directly. If you wish to run under the new Microsoft operationg system, you will have to use a DOS emulator, such as the freely available DOSBox0.74. XSTABL seems to work fine within this emulated environment.

Setup using DOSBox

1. Install XSTABL to the default folder, c:\xstabl;
2. Download and save the file "dosbox-074.conf" to the folder "c:\xstabl\", i.e. the installation folder for the XSTABLsoftware;
3. Download and install the latest DOSBox software, version 0.74 from www.dosbox.com;
4. Modify the properties of the DOSBox 0.74 icon on the desktop. This is accomplished by right-clicking the icon and changing the "Target" field to

   "-userconf" to "-conf c:\xstabl\dosbox-074.conf"

To start XSTABL in this emulation mode, double-click the DOSBox icon on your desktop. Please note that the XSTABL icon will not function properly.

• NOTE: If you have had problems running XSTABL under the Windows-XP operating system, you may wish to try the DOSBox option.

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