If you have any DOS compatibility issues you can try Win95. It is more compatible with DOS software. Anyway, I suggest first play in the pure DOS 6.22 and then to try running the DOS software under Windows. If the program refuses to run because it detects Windows, try to use SETVER command (but it's …

For anyone having trouble with Matrox cards and Pirates Gold the solution is: 1. Run UniVBE 2. Start game by "piratesg V1" It will skip Vesa detection and force game to run with Vesa driver.

I had the same problem looking for old disk imaging software. After many test and issues I ended using the simplest solution: 7zip. It is fast (there is 0 compression), portable (DOS, Win9x, Win10, Linux, macOS, etc) and most important it is easy to check what's inside, eg. just to get one file like …

It looks like it's because of 504 MB BIOS limit: http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/bioslim.htm Try with a smaller CF card.

Re: FIC 486 VIP IO2 - no POST To anyone having troubles with this board, it accepts only 72 pin SIMM modules with parity (x36). Follow the manual carefully when installing modules in banks. x36 parity module can be recognized by additional chips on the board: