Ouch. For want of a space, a game was (nearly) lost. Thanks for the quick reply! I must now rewrite my instructions to myself more clearly. (I was right, though - I was getting a different response to the E: drive than I should)

(Note: I am not absolutely sure this is a game issue, as this is the only DOS game I run under DOSBox. I tried searching the forum and got 2700 threads, the first ten of which had nothing to do with anything in my search; I did not bother to read more, since none of the other titles looked promising …