Getting DOS "Masters of Orion" to run?

[Toller]

I have an ancient DOS game I like, Masters of Orion.
I have it running on two WindowsXPHome desktops just fine.

I tried to load it on my new Toshiba laptop (also WindowsXPHome) and it says
it needs 1024k of expanded memory.
I have the properties set for expanded memory. In fact I have the
properties set exactly the same as the desktops. I looked in config.nt and
autoexec.nt and they are the same also.

Any clue as to why I might be having problems? Can I make the computer give
me the expanded memory, or is that not the real problem?

It "runs" on Dosbox, but is too slow to be playable.
I have seen reference to using a dos6.22 boot disk, but the only ones I can
find are mirror images for floppies, and I don't have a floppy. Any way to
get a bootable DOS CDRom? I can put the game on the boot CD, so I don't
need harddrive access. I have a WME computer, so if that is somehow useful
in creating the CD...

Also, when I loaded Norton's it said it couldn't load "goback" because the
computer had a multiboot system, or something like that. I don't know what
it means, but have never seen it on my desktop WXP systems; maybe it is
somehow helpful?

Thanks

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Toller,

Try "loading" the game again on your Toshiba using Safe Mode.

1. Startup your system in SAFE MODE by pressing F8 repeatedly
while your system is booting up after you've shut down your system

2. Log in with an account you've created as a "Computer Administrator"
account that you'll use to play the game, but don't use a Limited account.

--
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Toller Wrote:
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| I have an ancient DOS game I like, Masters of Orion.
| I have it running on two WindowsXPHome desktops just fine.
|
| I tried to load it on my new Toshiba laptop (also WindowsXPHome) and it says
| it needs 1024k of expanded memory.
| I have the properties set for expanded memory. In fact I have the
| properties set exactly the same as the desktops. I looked in config.nt and
| autoexec.nt and they are the same also.
|
| Any clue as to why I might be having problems? Can I make the computer give
| me the expanded memory, or is that not the real problem?
|
| It "runs" on Dosbox, but is too slow to be playable.
| I have seen reference to using a dos6.22 boot disk, but the only ones I can
| find are mirror images for floppies, and I don't have a floppy. Any way to
| get a bootable DOS CDRom? I can put the game on the boot CD, so I don't
| need harddrive access. I have a WME computer, so if that is somehow useful
| in creating the CD...
|
| Also, when I loaded Norton's it said it couldn't load "goback" because the
| computer had a multiboot system, or something like that. I don't know what
| it means, but have never seen it on my desktop WXP systems; maybe it is
| somehow helpful?
|
| Thanks

 

[Toller]

No, same error as before; says I need at least 1024k of expanded memory.
When I go into safe mode it asks what operating system I want to use. Of
course I only have XP loaded, but I have a W98 disk. Anyway to load that as
a second operating system and try it?
Thanks.

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Toller,

You could use your Windows Me system to extract the boot diskette
to a floppy, and then use that floppy image to create a boot CD from.
There are utilities on google which can help you convert a bootdisk
into a bootdisc.

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

Toller Wrote:
=================
| No, same error as before; says I need at least 1024k of expanded memory.
| When I go into safe mode it asks what operating system I want to use. Of
| course I only have XP loaded, but I have a W98 disk. Anyway to load that as
| a second operating system and try it?
| Thanks.
|
| || Hi Toller,
||
|| Try "loading" the game again on your Toshiba using Safe Mode.
||
|| 1. Startup your system in SAFE MODE by pressing F8 repeatedly
|| while your system is booting up after you've shut down your system
||
|| 2. Log in with an account you've created as a "Computer Administrator"
|| account that you'll use to play the game, but don't use a Limited
|| account.
||
|| --
|| Cheers, * Windows XP MVP Shell / User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any
|| rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
||
||
|| Toller Wrote:
|| =================
||| I have an ancient DOS game I like, Masters of Orion.
||| I have it running on two WindowsXPHome desktops just fine.
|||
||| I tried to load it on my new Toshiba laptop (also WindowsXPHome) and it says
||| it needs 1024k of expanded memory.
||| I have the properties set for expanded memory. In fact I have the
||| properties set exactly the same as the desktops. I looked in config.nt and
||| autoexec.nt and they are the same also.
|||
||| Any clue as to why I might be having problems? Can I make the computer give
||| me the expanded memory, or is that not the real problem?
|||
||| It "runs" on Dosbox, but is too slow to be playable.
||| I have seen reference to using a dos6.22 boot disk, but the only ones I can
||| find are mirror images for floppies, and I don't have a floppy. Any way to
||| get a bootable DOS CDRom? I can put the game on the boot CD, so I don't
||| need harddrive access. I have a WME computer, so if that is somehow useful
||| in creating the CD...
|||
||| Also, when I loaded Norton's it said it couldn't load "goback" because the
||| computer had a multiboot system, or something like that. I don't know what
||| it means, but have never seen it on my desktop WXP systems; maybe it is
||| somehow helpful?
|||
||| Thanks

 

[Master Thrasher]

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[bookemdannonow]

not to be insulting, but you did try changing the speed at which DosBox
runs the game right? Sometimes I have to increase its running speed
10-15 times to make the game work.