Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread Omar Yabar via Freedos-user
https://www.pcmicro.com/elebbs/faq/rte200.html Here I found the solution to fix error 200, at least with this common case, running TP7P5FIX.COM before INSTALL.EXE, Wolfenstein 3D works flawlessly with no issues. I do my test in a Laptop with i3 7th gen processor and 4Gb RAM DDR4, modified

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread tom ehlert
> That's not to say that FreeDOS is perfect. For the life of me, I > cannot get the Wolfenstein 3D installer (1wolf14.zip) to run on > FreeDOS. Even with nothing loaded, INSTALL.EXE aborts with "Runtime error 200 > at 0774:0091" "For the life of me" ... "Runtime error 200" which is a REALLY

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread Jim Hall
On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 4:52 PM ZB wrote: > On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 10:54:50AM -0600, Jim Hall wrote: > > > I think that's a very narrow view. The reality is that a lot of the > > "classic" (say, '486 or earlier) hardware is hard to find - at least in > > working condition. > > The site:

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread Jim Hall
On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 4:29 PM ZB wrote: > On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 04:03:57PM -0600, Jim Hall wrote: > > > But like the report on BTTR, I can't run Wolfenstein 3D. I've tried a > > number of different combinations: (I am running RC5 on QEMU on Linux) > > > > . With and without SLOWDOWN

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread ZB
On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 10:54:50AM -0600, Jim Hall wrote: > I think that's a very narrow view. The reality is that a lot of the > "classic" (say, '486 or earlier) hardware is hard to find - at least in > working condition. The site: ebay.com The search phrase: motherboard 486 The result: more

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread ZB
On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 04:03:57PM -0600, Jim Hall wrote: > But like the report on BTTR, I can't run Wolfenstein 3D. I've tried a > number of different combinations: (I am running RC5 on QEMU on Linux) > > . With and without SLOWDOWN (attempted SLOWDOWN /MHz486:66 and /MHz486:133, > and SLOWDOWN

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread Jim Hall
On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 4:03 PM Jim Hall wrote: > [..] >> Have you tried slowing down your PC? There is a lot of tools that can >> help with that. Sometimes the binary can be also patched (the TPP patch >> worked for me on the Jazz Jackrabbit game eons ago). > > > And that was the solution.

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread Jim Hall
On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 12:43 PM Mateusz Viste wrote: > On 20/11/2021 18:25, Jim Hall wrote: > > That's not to say that FreeDOS is perfect. For the life of me, I cannot > > get the Wolfenstein 3D installer (1wolf14.zip) to run on FreeDOS. Even > > with nothing loaded, INSTALL.EXE aborts with

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread Carlos Teixeira
Hi. I urge everyone to try the Floppy version of Alone in the Dark. Game does not run on FreeDOS. While investigating i came up to a discussion on dosemu2/fdpp that mentions that games like Alone in the Dark and Alpha Waves corrupt and resize the PSP. Somehow MS-DOS versions don't have a problem

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread Joao Silva
Hello. Today the problem is that not everyone have old hardware, so they use what they have, new hardware or virtual machines. I stil have my first pc IBM 286 with msdos 4.0, but i think i installed 5 or 6, can't remember. I installed freedos on a asus eeepc, runs well, but with no sound.

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread Jerome Shidel
I have Wolfenstien 3D. It’s been a while. But, I’m fairly sure I’ve run on top of FreeDOS. I’ll need to check when I have the time. I also have a couple PQ and other Sierra games laying around. I think most of them worked without issue. But, again it’s been a while. I do recall that Battle

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread Mateusz Viste
On 20/11/2021 18:25, Jim Hall wrote: That's not to say that FreeDOS is perfect. For the life of me, I cannot get the Wolfenstein 3D installer (1wolf14.zip) to run on FreeDOS. Even with nothing loaded, INSTALL.EXE aborts with "Runtime error 200 at 0774:0091" Does not sound like a FreeDOS

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread tom ehlert
> I think that's a very narrow view. The reality is that a lot of the > "classic" (say, '486 or earlier) hardware is hard to find - at least > in working condition. And dedicating an entire machine to FreeDOS . > So most people run FreeDOS on modern hardware (if they dedicate > hardware to it at

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread Jim Hall
On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 4:15 AM 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

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread Jim Hall
On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 4:38 AM ZB wrote: > 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 > [..] > 1. Any attempt to

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread ZB
On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 03:43:42PM +0100, Eric Auer wrote: > Hi! > > > 1. Any attempt to run any old game -- if you mean "testing FreeDOS > > compatibility" -- should be done on "legacy hardware". > > Not necessarily. It is exciting to check what can be done on modern PC. Necessarily if you

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! > 1. Any attempt to run any old game -- if you mean "testing FreeDOS > compatibility" -- should be done on "legacy hardware". Not necessarily. It is exciting to check what can be done on modern PC. > If anyone is using newer hardware -- e.g. PCI-only -- you'll never 100% > know "is it

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread ZB
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

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread Eric Auer
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