I've been googling and looking for an answer to my dilemma for several weeks now and can't seem to find anything that works.

I've been trying to play Emergency Room. It's an old IBM Legacy game that comes on a Dos cd. (I am using original cd). I can't get it to install. Even tho I've tried it on Windows 98SE, Windows Me, and Windows XP.

First I tried to install the game after booting out of Windows 98SE (fat32) in Dos mode. I can't get past the sound check. I have onboard AC97 sound and installed the Dos driver. It was no go on the sound but the cd-rom speed check worked fine and the game installed. However, it won't work because the game requires sound. I use to have a sound blaster. It worked fine then. So maybe the AC97 isn't 100% sound blaster compatible?

So next I tried using Dosbox 7.2. On install, the game now passes the sound check but hangs when it gets to the cd-rom speed check.

Commands:

mount c c:\oldgames
mount d d:\ -t cdrom (there is no label on the cd)
also tried adding switches -usecd 0 -aspi

It passed sound check and continues to hang on cd-rom speed check.

Then I tried copying the entire contents of the cd to my hard drive. I used the commands:

mount c c:\oldgames
mount d c:\er

also tried using the various switches again like -t cdrom, -usecd 0, etc.. I just can't get past that cd-rom speed test. It continues to hang.

I'm hoping someone can suggest something that will work. I really love this game, but can't get it to work.