Just guessing here, but that "magic scroll", is that a list displayed on the screen? It could be the screen update code, that is not handling the update correctly. See if changing the 'output=' parameter in the configuration file from the default ('surface' I believe) to 'overlay' or 'opengl', and see if it makes any difference.

There is also a 'machine' parameter, that controls the type of graphics screen being emulated. Try changing it to 'cga', 'vga', 'tandy' or whatever it lists in the configuation file.

Have you tried picking up the items when running in fullscreen mode?
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MiniMax

thanks for the help. i tried editing the config file, but there is no 'output'
or 'machine' parameter, so I couldn't change those. Antoher problem I have is that when I save my game in a save game slot, the game crashes . The game will keep crashing when I go to that same 'save game' file in the 'load game' menu until I delete the files in the 'savegam' file. THe problem keeps happening with other slots to. what may be causing this?
one last question. What is DOSBOX, and will it help solve these problems?

why post in this forum if you aren't using dosbox ??????????
Moving to DOS