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First post, by fed1943

Posted on 2005-01-20, 11:49

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I don't know if this is the good place or even the information is of some use.
I had:Processor AMD Athlon 2000+;512Mb RAM-DDR;Video:3D Prophet IIMX -Hercules-NVidia;Motherboard:MSI SIS 745;Sound:Creative 128;HDD 40 Gm;HDD 20 GM;CDRW -DVD ROM-LG-16x-32x10x40x.With Win XP Pro SP2.
I put it working with Win 98SE.And bought a new one:
Processor AMD 64 -3000+GHz 2.0;1Gm RAM -DDR400;Motherboard:ASRock K8 Upgrade-760GX;Video:Radeon 9200;DVD RW-LG16x;DVDROM;HDD 160 Gm;Sound:on board;LAN:on board.With the same Win XP Pro SP2.
CaesarIII(1998)no longer installs:said it can do it.SMAC(1998)installs,but recommend not to run it because doesn't support the processor.So,I didn't try Imperialism I or CIV II.
Younger games,as CIV III and Age of Wonders II,run better and more beautiful.Dos box runs much better;only MoM runs slowly,but so it was with DOS and its time machine (486DX2,I suppose).
Is that the said incompatibility begins,not with the new system,but with the hardware?
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just younger than computers

Reply 1 of 6, by Snover

Posted on 2005-01-20, 15:35

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If you are using the alpha of Windows XP 64-bit, be aware that 16-bit code can no longer execute. That means that many installers will be broken, such as the installer for Caesar 3.

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Reply 2 of 6, by fed1943

Posted on 2005-01-20, 17:10

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Snover:
I didn't change the system,just the hardware.
And I was told that the processor is able to run the new system,when it comes.
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Reply 3 of 6, by DosFreak

Posted on 2005-01-20, 17:16

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Reply 4 of 6, by fed1943

Posted on 2005-01-20, 17:46

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Well,I will try explain myself better (not easy task,knowing little of english and nothing of computers):
In the AMD Athlon I had Windows XP Pro SP2.
Now in the AMD Athlon I have Windows 98SE and in the AMD 64 I have Windows XP Pro SP2.The things I told (and that look to me identical to what I have read in the forum about the new system)happen in the AMD64 with Windows XP Pro SP2.
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