Hi, Phil. Ahem... Corection.... Jaws does not have a dos Window. That is apart of MS Windows itself. It is a com file called command.com. In the future you might want to correct that in your notes so you don't tell someone something that is incorrect. Smile.
Phil Vlasak wrote: > Hi Shaun, > One problem with JFW and DOS games could be memory allocation. > I think DOS games can only be run in the lower 64 k of memory. > If another program like JFW takes over that memory first there may not be > enough space for the DOS game to play. > We use to add lines to the config.sys file back in the windows 98 days to > take care of this but I do not know if it still works. > Here is the info we used to have on our PCS site when a lot of people were > still playing DOS games. > Jaws has a dos window that allows Dos commands and other dos functions to be > read. Here are the steps to open this DOS window. > > 1. Press Control plus Escape. > > 2. Press R for run. > > 3. Type C:\COMMAND and press enter > > 4. Press Insert Plus S till it says all. > > 5. If DOS commands still do not read, press Alt Plus Enter. This should > open the Dos Window. > > 6. When finishing a MS Dos session, type EXIT. > > 7. Press the Alt Plus S command til you hear Highlighted. > > Extra Info > > You must also input a line into your config.sys file. That says as follows > > Switches= /c > > Use a editor such as notepad to do this and make sure it is saved as > config.sys , ascii format and in the root dir such as c:\ if c is your > primary drive. > > If you do not have a config.sys file you must create one. Use notepad again > input switches=/c and save it as, config.sys, save as ascii and in the root > dir. Then you must reboot after you are done. > > These instructions may not now work but they did back in 1998. Hope this > helps. > Phil > > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
