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The_Librarian
20-04-2012, 02:29 PM
Chopping and changing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT just to get a game to work... :D
It got so bad that I set up a menu with which I can copy pre-made config.sys and autoexec.bat files to the root, overwriting any existing files.
Then it's a reboot, and play the game...
DOS 6.22 have a boot-menu with which you can select which drivers you want to load or not - but it took a while to set up properly...
biometrics
20-04-2012, 02:30 PM
Is this a question?
AcidRaZor
20-04-2012, 03:15 PM
Is this a question?
no. it's "who remembers" competition.
I remember asking my "computer science" teacher if it's possible to load the mouse drivers in himem because I couldn't play this game even though I have 32mb ram at the time. She was a dumbass. Figured it out by myself. She seemed unimpressed. I continued to hack the network and exploit the 9gb worth of disk space they had available and loaded porn on it.
****ing stupid "computer science" teachers....
biometrics
20-04-2012, 03:25 PM
Ah ha, didn't notice the comp till now.
MrSnyders
20-04-2012, 03:28 PM
Thinking back, I have no clue how I knew how to program those files, I just did it (despite being ~8 yo).
Depending on the game's requirement, the files were modified and all worked great. I remember most had differing requirements on conventional, upper, extended and expanded memory... what fun times. Oh, and don't forget to set your SB's ports and IRQ and also active the CD and mouse drivers.
Fudzy
20-04-2012, 03:36 PM
QEMM386 FTW!
I give you AUTOEXEC and CONFIG tweaking (http://www.computerhope.com/ac.htm)
- AUTOEXEC.BAT sample: (clearly not up to scratch!) :D
@echo off
SET SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6
SET PATH=C:\Windows;C:\
LH C:\Windows\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:123
- CONFIG.SYS sample: (ahhh DEVICEHIGH, how you used to tease me...)
DEVICE=C:\Windows\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\Windows\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
FILES=30
STACKS=0,0
BUFFERS=20
DEVICEHIGH=C:\Windows\COMMAND\ANSI.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=C:\MTMCDAI.SYS /D:123
Fudzy
20-04-2012, 10:12 PM
Remember Dos4gw?
Earther
21-04-2012, 01:28 AM
I miss those days... anything could be made to work.:cry:
Fudzy
21-04-2012, 02:56 PM
I miss those days... anything could be made to work.:cry:
You didn't have to worry about multitasking back then :)