Re: wine and directx

From: Danno (TOOmuchSPAM_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/17/04


Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 08:35:34 GMT

Daniel wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> I am testing wine (20030813) on Knoppix 3.3 (HD install).
>
> The game I wanted to run was Twinsen's Odyssey 2. I believe it needs
> directx.
>
> Is it possible to download directx and install it somewhere and somehow
> have wine access it?
>
> What version of Windows does wine emulate (95/98)?
>
>
> Thanks for your responses.

  You can download directx8 from M$, run WINE as type win98 and it will
install (apparently) cleanly. Dunno if you'll get your game going though.

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