Changing Buffering/File sizes in config.sys

[Guest]

I just got a game that I used to have on an older computer a long time ago. When I go to install it, my system meets all of the requirements except for something they call Files/Buffers. The games requirement is 20/20. It only detects 40/0 on my system

The install shield suggests "To increase the files or buffers, modify the "FILES=X" or the "BUFFERS=X" in your CONFIG.SYS file and reboot.

I have tried to access this file, but XP won't allow me access to it

The game is XCOM3, and I believe that it was originally designed to be run in DOS. If you need to have more information on my comp to deliver a clear answer, please let me know and I will try to provide it

Does anyone know how I can change these configurations? Thak-you.

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Bryce,

When a game is a DOS game, it could work using compatibility mode:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533 or by using the Multiboot
bootdisk from: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html
and always check at fileplanet.com to see if there's a patch available.

Bryce, since it's a DOS game and you need to edit your config.sys, then
with DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php Or try MS Virtual PC:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/downloads/trial.asp
which allows you to install DOS or to run any operating system inside XP.

If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two excellent
tutorials I've found on the subject: http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
and http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm For sound
issues use: http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/vdmsound Good Luck!

| I just got a game that I used to have on an older computer a long time ago. When I go to install it, my system meets all of the
requirements except for something they call Files/Buffers. The games requirement is 20/20. It only detects 40/0 on my system.

| The install shield suggests "To increase the files or buffers, modify the "FILES=X" or the "BUFFERS=X" in your CONFIG.SYS file and
reboot."
|
| I have tried to access this file, but XP won't allow me access to it.
|
| The game is XCOM3, and I believe that it was originally designed to be run in DOS. If you need to have more information on my
comp to deliver a clear answer, please let me know and I will try to provide it.
|
| Does anyone know how I can change these configurations? Thak-you.

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[Alex Nichol]

I just got a game that I used to have on an older computer a long time ago. When I go to install it, my system meets all of the requirements except for something they call Files/Buffers. The games requirement is 20/20. It only detects 40/0 on my system.

The install shield suggests "To increase the files or buffers, modify the "FILES=X" or the "BUFFERS=X" in your CONFIG.SYS file and reboot."

I have tried to access this file, but XP won't allow me access to it.

The game is XCOM3, and I believe that it was originally designed to be run in DOS.

For best DOS conventional memory and other settings, edit the
windows\system32\config.nt and autoexec.nt files. This does not
guarantee an old DOS program will run - many games, especially, bypassed
the system to handle Video directly and this is absolutely prohibited in
XP. But it will give you the best chance

In config.nt have (apart from the large number of REM lines) just
EMM = B=4000 RAM
(note the exact spaces - either side of the first = and before RAM,
none next to the second =) and

dos=high, umb
device=%SystemRoot%\system32\himem.sys
files=40

This is where you would increase the FILES= mentioned. Buffers are not
relevant in the methods used in XP

and in autoexec.nt have

REM Install DPMI support
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx

with other earlier lh lines REM ed out, and then any SET or PATH lines
that may already be present at the end.

This should give about 612K for a program, run from a shortcut made to
its .exe file. R-click the shortcut, Properties and on the Memory page
you can set an explicit value - rather than Auto - for any EMM or XMS
memory it may need, and for initial environment space