A
Alex
I have an older game that asks me to configure the
properties for MS-DOS for Windows 95 - these options have
either been removed or placed elswhere in Windows XP.
Their trouble-shooting guide explains how I should fix
the problem, but I'm not sure how to do what they ask on
XP.
Their instructions go as follows:
1) Start up the DOS box like you normally would
2) Go to the Properties sheet & click the "Memory" tab
3) Now you are looking at the memory properties of the
DOS box. Near the bottom is an area that is labelled "MS-
DOS Protected Mode (DPMI) Memory". This value is normally
set to "AUTO" when Windows 95 is installed. That won't
work with Battlespire. What you need to do here is to
change this value to '65535' by typing it in manually.
4) Near the top of the memory properties sheet is an area
that is labelled "Conventional Memory". Inside that area
is something called "Initial environment". Change the
value in there to 2048.
5) Now click on the 'OK' button, and close the DOS box by
typing 'exit' at the command prompt. The next time you
open up that DOS box, it will use the new memory
configuration. Battlespire will now run without bombing
out randomly.
If anyone knows how I could change these options in XP,
I'd be very thankful.
properties for MS-DOS for Windows 95 - these options have
either been removed or placed elswhere in Windows XP.
Their trouble-shooting guide explains how I should fix
the problem, but I'm not sure how to do what they ask on
XP.
Their instructions go as follows:
1) Start up the DOS box like you normally would
2) Go to the Properties sheet & click the "Memory" tab
3) Now you are looking at the memory properties of the
DOS box. Near the bottom is an area that is labelled "MS-
DOS Protected Mode (DPMI) Memory". This value is normally
set to "AUTO" when Windows 95 is installed. That won't
work with Battlespire. What you need to do here is to
change this value to '65535' by typing it in manually.
4) Near the top of the memory properties sheet is an area
that is labelled "Conventional Memory". Inside that area
is something called "Initial environment". Change the
value in there to 2048.
5) Now click on the 'OK' button, and close the DOS box by
typing 'exit' at the command prompt. The next time you
open up that DOS box, it will use the new memory
configuration. Battlespire will now run without bombing
out randomly.
If anyone knows how I could change these options in XP,
I'd be very thankful.