That Borland issue with CPUs faster than ~200MHz can also be fixed with the XVI32 Hex editor.

Gahhhrrrlic wrote on 2019-04-30, 18:43:

Fixed the problem. It was the fact that Win98 by default does not use any memory managers for DOS. As soon as I called HIMEM and EMM386, Descent started working. Interesting to point out that it broke other games though like operation neptune.

I also have problems with Jazz and Towers but apparently that's a CRT? bug. I'll figure that out.

Hi! I'm having the same problem you had, but I don't know how to "call HIMEM and EMM386".
Is this something I must do in autoexec.bat?

Thanks in advance!

RaoulDukeHST wrote on 2022-08-26, 09:30:

Hi! I'm having the same problem you had, but I don't know how to "call HIMEM and EMM386".
Is this something I must do in autoexec.bat?

They go in the other DOS startup config file: config.sys

Something like this:

1DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
2DOS=HIGH,UMB
3DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS

The various sites I've seen recommend the included "sysedit" command for editing config.sys under Windows 9x.

ssokolow wrote on 2022-08-26, 09:49:

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RaoulDukeHST wrote on 2022-08-26, 09:30:

Hi! I'm having the same problem you had, but I don't know how to "call HIMEM and EMM386".
Is this something I must do in autoexec.bat?

They go in the other DOS startup config file: config.sys

Something like this:

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1DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
2DOS=HIGH,UMB
3DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS

The various sites I've seen recommend the included "sysedit" command for editing config.sys under Windows 9x.

Thanks for your reply!

I'm using an IBM T20 laptop on which I used a Win98 IBM recovery disk. The idea is using it as a retro gaming device for MSDOS classics and some early windows games like Unreal.

On my config.sys I currently got
(I guess I need that for using the laptop's keyboard and screen correctly)

1device=c:\windows\command\display.sys con=(ega,,1)
2Country=351,850,c:\windows\command\country.sys

You mean I should change it (by adding your lines) to :

1device=c:\windows\command\display.sys con=(ega,,1)
2DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
3DOS=HIGH,UMB
4DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
5Country=351,850,c:\windows\command\country.sys

Edit : I did it and it worked, I can now launch Descent 😀
Thanks!

RaoulDukeHST wrote on 2022-08-26, 10:28:

You mean I should change it (by adding your lines) to : […]
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You mean I should change it (by adding your lines) to :

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1device=c:\windows\command\display.sys con=(ega,,1)
2DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
3DOS=HIGH,UMB
4DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
5Country=351,850,c:\windows\command\country.sys

Edit : I did it and it worked, I can now launch Descent 😀
Thanks!

HIMEM and EMM386 should come before other DEVICE lines. Also, with them loaded above it, you can probably change the display.sys line from DEVICE to DEVICEHIGH to free up more conventional memory for games.

ssokolow wrote on 2022-08-26, 11:12:

RaoulDukeHST wrote on 2022-08-26, 10:28:

You mean I should change it (by adding your lines) to : […]
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You mean I should change it (by adding your lines) to :

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1device=c:\windows\command\display.sys con=(ega,,1)
2DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
3DOS=HIGH,UMB
4DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS
5Country=351,850,c:\windows\command\country.sys

Edit : I did it and it worked, I can now launch Descent 😀
Thanks!

Thanks for your help! I didn't check your second message, and by doing so and following your instructions I was able to resolve an issue that was crashing Flight Simulator 5. I still get an out of memory error sometimes for some reason, but at least it launches! 😀
HIMEM and EMM386 should come before other DEVICE lines. Also, with them loaded above it, you can probably change the display.sys line from DEVICE to DEVICEHIGH to free up more conventional memory for games.