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First post, by Niezgodka

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Hi. I try to make my 286 16mhz running as good as possible. It has VGA and 4mb ram, with SB on dos 6.22
I noticed that some of the programs, that I could swore that worked on 286 don't work on mine 🙁
Especially Visual Mod Player 2, that was one of my favorite back then 🙁
Perhaps autoexec and config must be different than my 486 one.
I found that fdxms286 xms driver, maybe that one will be better?
What should I put to config and autoexec, to make most 286 games and programs running?

Reply 1 of 3, by Jo22

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Hi, yes, that player works on 286 machines! ^^

These are my config files, which I used in the emulator.:

[autoexec.bat]
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $p$g
PATH = C:\;C:\DOS;C:\TOOLS;
MOUSE
MSCDEX /D:CD001 /L:D
NCSMALL

[config.sys]
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:CD001

BUFFERS=30
FILES=20
LASTDRIVE=E
FCBS=2,0
DOS=HIGH,UMB

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Reply 2 of 3, by luckybob

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I'd agree with Jo22. Mostly.

I'd replace mouse with ctmouse - generally speaking, more features, easier and less ram iirc
I don't know if I would bother with a cd drive on a 286. so you can scratch mscdex and the vide line (I assume it is for a cd drive) honestly not worth the memory cost.
3rd, there should be a "set blaster=XXX" in the autoexec. some programs dont need it, some don't. makes life easier.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

Reply 3 of 3, by Jo22

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Thanks! I agree with you, too. :) I'm using the settings mentioned earlier as a base mainly.
CD-ROM drivers were kept, since it makes browsing images of shareware CDs easier.

On the real thing, back in time, I was using a PAS16 w/ Trantor SCSI controller.
The MediaVision software took care of BLASTER environmental settings on itself.

If I had to setup a real 286 machine in these times, I'd probably use CuteMouse, too,
and install an UMB card (or at least try to use Shadow Memory). And an alternate KEYB driver.

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In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel

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