Help with Ultima VII
John and Paula Weatherman
is a 486\66 with 8 mb ram. I remember when I played it on mine it was
486\100 with 8 mb and I had to make a boot disk but I can't remember how
I did it, it has been a long time. The game has a boot disk maker on it
but the game still won't start for her. It says she doesn't have enough
dos mem. I remember mine did the same thing but I don't remember how I
got it to work. Thanks.
Paula
John and Paula Weatherman
>
> In article <36F2CC...@pics.net>, joh...@pics.net says...
> 6.22. I have not tried running it under Win 95/98.
>
> CONFIG.SYS
>
> DEVICE=C:\SYS\DOSMAX.EXE /E-/P-
> DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
> DOS=HIGH
> DEVICEHIGH=C:\SB16\DRV\ASP.SYS /P:220
> BUFFERS=10,0
> FILES=30
> FCBS=4,0
> LASTDRIVE=I
> STACKS=0,0
>
> AUTOEXEC.BAT
>
> C:\SYS\CTMOUSE.COM
> C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE /X
> PROMPT $P$G
> PATH C:\DOS;C:\tv;C:\NU;
> SET SYMANTEC=C:\SYMANTEC
> SET NU=C:\NU
> SET TEMP=C:\TEMP
> SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6
> SET SOUND=C:\SB16
> C:\SB16\SB16SET /M:220 /VOC:220 /CD:220 /MIDI:220 /TREBLE:0
> C:\SB16\SBCONFIG.EXE /S
> MODE LPT1:,,P >nul
>
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Thanks. I'll try this.
Paula
Carlos Cruz
<joh...@pics.net> wrote:
>I need some help getting Ultima VII to run on my sisters computer. It
>is a 486\66 with 8 mb ram. I remember when I played it on mine it was
>486\100 with 8 mb and I had to make a boot disk but I can't remember how
>I did it, it has been a long time. The game has a boot disk maker on it
>but the game still won't start for her. It says she doesn't have enough
>dos mem. I remember mine did the same thing but I don't remember how I
>got it to work. Thanks.
Try "Ultima 7 for Beginners" at
http://users.wantree.com.au/~rsd/ultima7.htm . It refers mainly to U7
under Win95, but there's also a brief introduction on DOS that might
prove useful.
Enjoy!
>Paula
Carlos
Ken Rice
>I need some help getting Ultima VII to run on my sisters computer. It
>is a 486\66 with 8 mb ram. I remember when I played it on mine it was
>486\100 with 8 mb and I had to make a boot disk but I can't remember how
>I did it, it has been a long time. The game has a boot disk maker on it
>but the game still won't start for her. It says she doesn't have enough
>dos mem. I remember mine did the same thing but I don't remember how I
>got it to work. Thanks.
Here are the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files I use for Ultima 7 with MS-DOS
Robert Roseman
John and Paula Weatherman wrote in message <36F2CC...@pics.net>...
>I need some help getting Ultima VII to run on my sisters computer. It
>is a 486\66 with 8 mb ram. I remember when I played it on mine it was
>486\100 with 8 mb and I had to make a boot disk but I can't remember how
>I did it, it has been a long time. The game has a boot disk maker on it
>but the game still won't start for her. It says she doesn't have enough
>dos mem. I remember mine did the same thing but I don't remember how I
>got it to work. Thanks.
I assume, since it's only 8 meg, that you are using win 3.1/dos 6.22. Check
your config.sys and autoexec.bat files for any lines that read "load" and
change to "loadhigh" (if it can't loadhigh, it will load to conventional
memory). Look in the documentation to see if the program expects 'extended'
or 'expanded' memory. If it says extended, add the /noems switch to the
'emm386' line. Also comment out ('rem' in autoexec, ' ; ' in config)
anything that loads TSRs or anti-virus programs.
If that don't work, you might check in an 'RPG' newsgroup, since Ultima is
an RPG, not an 'Adventure' game. Or, give the exact error message you are
getting, and the operating system (dos x.x, win x.x, etc.) on the machine
in question. If you include your config.sys and autoexec.bat in your reply,
I/we'll help you fix it up.
(I ran Ultima on my 486/33 8meg dos 6.0/win 3.1with no problem (no boot
floppy disk))
Bob R