Seems like the easiest way to work-around this issue is to start DOSBox in DOS-mode (without starting Win31) and launch PAW directly from the DOSBox prompt.

The difficult part is figuring out how the main PAW game has to be started. How many COM or EXE files do you see? Any BAT-files? Do you have a manual for the game? Maybe you just need to start PAW.EXE (or whatever it is called) with some special parameter to make it run directly.

No, this is not so easy...This game is mixed Win3.1/DOS game. DOS part starts under DOSBOX, without booting Win3.1. But multimedia-part works only under Windows. First, I've started mutimedia part under Win3.1. Second, on the option screen I choose option "1942 game". Windows is closing, and now shall DOS-part launch. But instead, Windows is again loading - this mean, I don't have enough conventional memory (minimum 580 KB) AFTER closing Windows. My goal is, Windows memory management configure to reach minimum 580 KB conventional memory. But I don't know how...

or you have too much. Try running loadfix before starting Windows.

OSH wrote:

No, this is not so easy...

Someone clearly did manage to do it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMFnalFZ6B8

MiniMax...I have GOLD version...on this film is presented NORMAL DOS version of this game. GOLD version is mixed version running under Windows (the multimedia part, installer and music setup)/DOS (the game itself).

Well, scr*w the "multimedia" then, and start the game in pure DOS. There's not much memory management in DOSBox, besides the "loadfix" command. By starting the game executable in DOS, you'll also be able to see any error messages.

i don't know the game, but i'm pretty sure it should be possible to find the exe/com/bat that starts the game (without the frontend stuff). If you can't find it, you could try a "real" ix86 emulator, like VMWare, BOCHS, Qemu, etc. - but then you'll get more memory management than you asked for, because you'll have to install a DOS OS and Win31 on top in these emulators.

I can start DOS-part, but sound setup works only in Windows. After launching DOS-Part, the sound is very buggy. Real DOS version works perfectly under DOSBOX. Maybe you're right and I have to try this game under VMware/VPC or other emulator...

I have a different problem. I have the "Gold" GOG version of this game. It's the DOS version of the game since GOG ships this with a preconfigured DOSBox that will launch the game. I'm trying to figure out how to get modern HOTAS gear to be recognized and work with these old DOS sims.

mikelimtw wrote on 2024-01-11, 11:58:

I have a different problem. I have the "Gold" GOG version of this game. It's the DOS version of the game since GOG ships this with a preconfigured DOSBox that will launch the game. I'm trying to figure out how to get modern HOTAS gear to be recognized and work with these old DOS sims.

Hey mikelimtw

Welcome to VOGONS. Going to lock this topic as its from 2008 and necro'ing it with a question that have very little relevance to the previous discussion is not something we encourage. If there is some relevant information in this topic, I'd suggest you quote/reference/link to it in the new topic.