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First post, by Svenne

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I just downloaded DOSStart 1.9b, to use as a program starter. The program looks great, but it's extremely unstable; it barely runs for 30 seconds. I have no idea what causes this problem, and it'd be nice if someone could help me.

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Reply 2 of 11, by Svenne

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He stopped developing DOSStart for about 7 years ago, and the page was last updated in 2004, but I'll give it a shot.

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Reply 3 of 11, by Svenne

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Added dosbox configuration for hal 9000's megabuild.

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Reply 4 of 11, by wd

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If you're reporting something PLEASE use a clean dosbox installation of the official latest release and a clean dosbox config file.

Reply 5 of 11, by Svenne

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Okay, I've tried it, works great. However, I need to use the megabuild, since I play NFS SE. Any ideas how to fix it?

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Reply 6 of 11, by robertmo

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try megabuild with config from official dosbox (just for testing)

Reply 7 of 11, by wd

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However, I need to use the megabuild, since I play NFS SE.

What's wrong with that in the 0.73 release?

Reply 8 of 11, by Svenne

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The regular release give me sound problems in NFS SE, Street Rod 2 is very unstable, and Lotus 3: The Ultimate Challenge won't even start. Plus: the special VESA modes are really interesting, along with the emulated network card.

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Reply 9 of 11, by robertmo

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Svenne wrote:

Lotus 3: The Ultimate Challenge won't even start.

reset dosbox config

Reply 10 of 11, by Svenne

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I fixed both Lotus 3 and dosstart, and it was ridiculously simple: after installing dosbox, I set core=dynamic. I just reset it to 'auto', and it works! Thanks for helping me 😀

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Reply 11 of 11, by robertmo

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for lotus it is memsize not core