Mail Archives: opendos/1997/07/24/12:01:32
At 10:25 AM 7/24/97 -0400, you wrote:
>> Note: I've never used DR-DOS or Novell DOS, and I'm still not running
>> OPENDOS because of incompatibilities. If this is an OPENDOS error
>> then it's very serious.
>
>What kind of incompatibilities have you experienced? Perhaps the problem
>has been overcome (check my site, null.musc.edu, and D.J. Delorie's FAQ),
>or perhaps it is something that needs to be looked into?
When I installed Opendos, I had five out of thirteen games stop working.
While come I personally don't miss them, my little brother does, and I have
been paid back by whining ever since I installed OpenDos. After all, what
does a seven year old understand about DOS versions? :)
Each game is a few year old, so its not like they use cutting edge
techniques or use advanced hardware. I just can't understand why they
would not run right. Well anyways here they are:
BioMenace: Freezes when you kill an enemy
Amy's Adventure 1-2-3: Graphics are not displayed right, mouse cannot move
out of corner
Robin Hood: Conquests of the longbow: Mouse restricted to left side of screen
AD&D (two games of the series): Error message: Packed File is Corrupt
Crystal Caves: Motion is choppy to the point where its too distacting and
disorienting (more than before)
These games worked perfectly fine on my system under: IBM DOS 6, MS-DOS 6
and MS-DOS 6.2. I have tried running them without emm386 or any other
drivers by booting using the shift key, but it doesn't make any difference.
My theory is that there is a bug in the graphic bios call or something.
Although everything under windows seems to work fine, I still wouldn't call
OpenDos 100% MS-DOS compatible. After all, slightly less than 50% of my DOS
games stopped working... :)
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