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Harvester not running on anything.

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First post, by xplus93

Posted on 2017-06-10, 07:36

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I can't get this game to run. Every time I load it i get a "general protection fault" error. I read the readme and I should have my memory configured properly in my config.sys and autoexec.bat.

1@ECHO OFF
2C:\DOS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /l:D
3SET SOUND=C:\SB16
4SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6
5SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E MODE:0
6SET CTCM=C:\CTCM
7C:\SB16\DIAGNOSE /S /W=C:\WINDOWS
8C:\SB16\AWEUTIL /S
9C:\SB16\MIXERSET /P /Q
10C:\CTCM\CTCU /S /W=C:\WINDOWS
11LH /L:0;1,45456 /S C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE /X
12PROMPT $p$g
13PATH C:\WINDOWS;C:\DOS;C:\WIZ
14SET TEMP=C:\DOS

1DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /testmem:off
2DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE AUTO
3BUFFERS=15,0
4FILES=40
5DOS=UMB
6LASTDRIVE=E
7FCBS=4,0
8DEVICEHIGH /L:1,33760 =C:\DOS\CD1.SYS /D:MSCD001
9DEVICE=C:\CTCM\CTCM.EXE
10DEVICEHIGH /L:1,12048 =C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
11DOS=HIGH
12FILES=30
13DEVICEHIGH /L:1,4560 =C:\WINDOWS\IFSHLP.SYS
14STACKS=9,256

Reply 1 of 3, by Jorpho

Posted on 2017-06-10, 16:21

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First question: is this an original copy of the game installed from its original disks, or a version downloaded from some random place on the Internet?

I know the game is in Steam these days for use with current systems, but I don't know if that version can be easily transferred to authentic DOS hardware.

Reply 2 of 3, by xplus93

Posted on 2017-06-11, 17:01

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Jorpho wrote:
First question: is this an original copy of the game installed from its original disks, or a version downloaded from some random place on the Internet?

I know the game is in Steam these days for use with current systems, but I don't know if that version can be easily transferred to authentic DOS hardware.

It's a download of what I think is original copies. It was 3 ISOs and has the proper DOS and win 3.1 installers on it.

Reply 3 of 3, by sf78

Posted on 2017-06-12, 17:42

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I installed my version of the original copy where the first disc is burned from an ISO as the original went missing. I had no problem installing or launching the game from Win95 DOS prompt. The specs are as follows:

Pentium 150
40 Mb RAM
ESS Audio Drive (from GUS MAX)

I didn't try it with real GUS, but had trouble trying to run the game on my 486/66 with SB16 (freezes on the intro vid). Might want to switch the sound card just to be sure.

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