Hi Tom, You are correct, sir! I just copied and pasted that file from an older version of my web site but forgot to read it. It is no longer on my sight. thanks for the correction. Phil
----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] old games > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
