Show ALL files on CD ROM.....please read

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Show ALL files on CD ROM.....please read

I have a copy of the old Advanced Dungeons and Dragons collection of games. It's a single CD Rom that contains all 9 of the original DOS games from the early 90's. I would like to play these games on my MAC using DOSbox (a DOS emulator for MAC).
The problem is that the disc also contains some Mac OS 9-native versions of 5 of the games, and whenever I insert the disc, only these MAC-relevent files are shown. I am not able to see the folder that contains the DOS-native versions of the games.
Is there a way to tell my MAC to allow me to see and access ALL of the files on the CD, and not just the MAC-related ones. thanks.

imac 10,1

Posted on Feb 3, 2011 6:24 PM

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thomas_r.

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Feb 3, 2011 6:28 PM in response to deelee74anna

I don't really know how those CDs work, so hopefully someone with more knowledge will give you the info you're looking for. But I just wanted to point out that, if all else fails, you could take the CD and a flash drive to your local library, or somewhere similar where you can get access to a PC, insert the disk and copy the old DOS files over to the flash drive. Hopefully you'll come up with a better alternative, though.

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Barney-15E

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Feb 3, 2011 6:54 PM in response to deelee74anna

There is a command that will show hidden files, but I'm not sure it will work for those.
You can also view the files in the command line (Terminal).
Open Terminal and type this command, leaving a space afterwards

ls -al

Then, drag the cd rom disk to the terminal window. It will fill in the path to the cd (like /Volumes/diskname). Hit return.

You could then use the copy (cp) command to copy them somewhere else, but I don't know if they will become visible.

You might also be able to just use the Find command in the Finder. Open the CD and type cmd-F. In the criteria (kind) dropdown, select other and scroll down to add file visibility and set it to invisible. Also make sure you are searching the CD rom and not This Mac. Then, try to drag them where you want them.

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