Obtained the patch, still no joy. I've gotten further with a bootdisk... can bring the frontpage up now but then it locks up. No sound set up to run, no NOLFB running either. Would a VESA driver like the old Scitech program be worth a play with?? And assuming I fluke the graphics would I then have …

Consider me registered!!! (Quick and painless as promised). I obtained NOLFB, still no joy. Now, should I mess with my desktop resolution before moving to a dosbox?? I set desktop to 640x480 8bit turned off all acceleration through settings in XP opened a Dosbox ran NOLFB and VDM......same as always …