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First post, by quontum

Posted on 2006-02-15, 22:30

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greetings....

I'm having trouble getting DOSbox to work on an old education software that deals with motor learning skill and reaction time etc. This program use to run on an old 386 computer. A keep getting a system error! I'm hopeing someone will be able to give me a fresh prespective on the problem. I have included a copy of the program. To run it, all you have to do is type menu.bat.

It is a great little program. Unfortuantely, the developer gave up on it. Any assistance would be greatly appreicated.

Thanks!

Reply 1 of 2, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2006-02-16, 11:17

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Runs fine using just the native WinXP NTVDM. Just run MENU.EXE

It DOESN'T WORK for me neither using DOSBox 0.63 nor 0.65rc1

Intel i7 5960X
Gigabye GA-X99-Gaming 5
8 GB DDR4 (2100)
8 GB GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming (Gigabyte)

Reply 2 of 2, by wd

Posted on 2006-02-16, 21:33

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The program accesses files with (very) non-standard names,
this was possible in dos through direct manipulation but
is not supported in dosbox (host-os wise).
Otherwise it seems to be usable. I attached a program that
patches all .exe files to use regular file names (the file
is MAG now). Copy the two files in the attachment into the
program directory and start the executable file. Don't use
the menu.bat, just menu.exe is enough.
I removed your upload as it is not clear if it is allowed
to distribute it. If you are in contact with the author or
are sure it is freeware, just upload it again if you wish.

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