VOGONS


First post, by Absrev

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1. Motherboard: I don't know
2. Processor type and speed: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 930 @ 2.80GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.4GHz3.
3. Amount and type of RAM
4. Video board w/ RAM amount and type: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
Display Memory: 4059 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1248 MB
Shared Memory: 2811 MB
5.Sound board: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
6.Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.110622-1503)
7.Game name: Ganja Farmer Shareware
8.Description of problem: After mounting the drive and setting the directory, I attempt to run ganjasw.exe. I get the message "Please run this installation under Windows 3.1 or higher"
9. Reproducibility of problem: Always
10. Sound mode used: sb16
11. Video mode: Software 1024x768
12. Version of emulator: .63
13. Steps already attempted to solve the problem: Read the readme, attempted to search for a solution, tried alternate mounting methods, attempted to mount the program as a virtual disc, tried different DOSBox versions, gave up and came here to look for a solution, didn't find one, and posted this thread.

I am new to DOSBox, installing it to play this game, so I would appreciate any help. I have included my DxDiag output to be thorough.

Reply 1 of 5, by SKARDAVNELNATE

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You need to have Windows 3.1 installed. Here's a guide for that.
Windows 3.1x DOSBox Guide

Also the current version of DOSBox is 0.74, 0.63 is quite old.

Reply 2 of 5, by Absrev

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On the DOSBox website, it said .74 was incompatible with the game, and I'd had the exact same problem with that version.

Reply 3 of 5, by Dominus

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Of course, since you need Windows 3.x running in Dosbox. I wonder if the obe who reported 0.72 broken couldn't read that error message...

Windows 3.1x guide for DOSBox
60 seconds guide to DOSBox
DOSBox SVN snapshot for macOS (10.4-11.x ppc/intel 32/64bit) notarized for gatekeeper

Reply 4 of 5, by MaxWar

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Last month i played a shareware version of ganja farmer i got from dos game archive that is contained in zip file instead. I do not think dos game archive contains abandonware but im not sure so im not going to link it here.

I played it on my dos machine and it was pretty much standalone, as simple as it gets.

Dont take my ganjaaaaaaaaaah!!

Reply 5 of 5, by MaxWar

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Dominus wrote:

Of course, since you need Windows 3.x running in Dosbox. I wonder if the obe who reported 0.72 broken couldn't read that error message...

As a matter of fact, it looks likely the bloke could not read... i just tried my version of ganja under dosbox 0.74 and it totally works. Does not deserve the broken.