On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 11:13:45AM +0100, Eric Auer wrote: > Hi! There is a thread about freedos game compatibility on BTTR, > started by liljames2k: > > https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=18483 > > Zyzzle suggested making sure that all DOS extenders are in PATH > (not sure why Zyzzle said DPMI extenders) but in any case, I do > think Commander Keen 6 works in FreeDOS :-) So not sure what is > going wrong here. Note that 6 GB RAM is quite a lot and that half > of the errors are about not finding files. I have sorted the BTTR > table by type of error. Maybe some of you can share their experience > regarding the use of any of those games? Maybe you remember which > trick to use. I could imagine that some of them use DOS4GW and run > into some problem with too new hardware and work better with DOS32A?
1. Any attempt to run any old game -- if you mean "testing FreeDOS compatibility" -- should be done on "legacy hardware". For simplicity let's say "the motherboard should feature at least one ISA slot". If you mean testing sound: it should be done using ISA soundcard, inserted exactly in that (single?) ISA slot. If anyone is using newer hardware -- e.g. PCI-only -- you'll never 100% know "is it FreeDOS or hardware-related issue". 2. Not being that busy with playing computer games anymore, from what I see on the list there is "Comanche" listed as "non-working" (because of Jemmex). I tested Comanche as working on my Soyo mobo -- I don't recall this moment does is cooperate with Jemmex or I used any other memory manager. But this is the point: FreeDOS is one thing -- and its "ecosystem" is another thing. So there may be a problem related to Jemmex in particular, not being actually any FreeDOS-related issue -- regards, Zbigniew _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
