Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 11:59:53 -0400
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To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
From: "Bruce A. Locke" <blocke AT nyx DOT net>
Subject: Re: floppy-copy errors
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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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Bruce A. Locke                                                 blocke AT nyx DOT net
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