First post, by DOSMAN
Hello,
I am attempting to find easier solutions for other gamers in the Trek community who have trouble with the DOS Trek games.
I recently reformatted my internet PC and reinstalled Windows 98 SE. Due to too many expansion devices added to this PC, EMM386 cannot find 64K worth of free memory addresses in upper memory to place its page frames. As a result, EMM386 cannot provide expanded memory which 25th Anniversary requires. I was able to force EMM386 to use D000-DFFF and provide EMS, but it overwrote whatever else was assigned to that space. Nothing critical seemed to stop functioning on this PC but I'd rather resort to less drastic measures for other users. BTW, overwriting C000-CFFF and E000-EFFF both prevented Windows from starting successfully.
FYI, my PC is a Pentium III 700 Mhz (Coppermine-EB) with 128MB of RDRAM, an original GeForce, and a Sound Blaster Live! Value.
Note that I have removed the changes I made to EMM386 for the testing of VDMS since I cannot assume that expanded memory is available on other users machines. I'd also like a Windows option for running the game that wouldn't require the user to find real-mode CDROM, sound card, and mouse drivers to run the game in DOS.
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I installed VDMS Win9x Alpha1 exactly as detailed in the first post of THIS thread. After the installation I went to a DOS window and ran "dosdrv.bat". VDMS loaded properly and I ignored the Tip of the Day error. When I tried to run 25th Anniversary, however, the game gave me the same error as before I installed VDMS--it complained about the lack of any expanded memory. I read that VDMS is supposed to provide for games that require EMS, however.
Any ideas? Note that I am completely new to VDMS.