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Subject: Re: Asking a big favor to run DOS chess programs--making a bootup disc

Author: Mike S.

Date: 10:33:14 02/09/02

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On February 09, 2002 at 11:39:03, Gerald Grimsley wrote:

>Hello out there, I want to make a bootup disc for my old computer that runs
>windows 98 so that I can but into pure DOS. (...)

Make sure you use a - bootable - disk you transfered the sys files onto. IIRC,
this could be done by "format a: /sys" or similar, or by "sys a:" or something
like that (I'm at an WindowsME system at the moment, which doesn't have that
options anymore, so I don't know the exact syntax at the moment).

Note: The following examples are intended for Windows98, *not* for WindowsME.

I made that configuration for Mchess Pro 7.1. Mchess was always a bit difficult
to configure for, because it needed much free memory and OTOH many resident dos
drivers, i.e. when it wanted to check the CD.

For other chess programs performances, it may be better to remove emm386.exe, or
even himem.sys. This depends on the program and requires a bit experimenting.

(These are not the simplest examples, but I didn't change anything... of course,
everything individual must be edited, pathes etc.)

*** config.sys ***

[menu]
menucolor=14,0
menudefault=dos_cd,2
menuitem=   dos_cd, Konfiguration fr MChess Pro 7.1

[common]
DEVICE=E:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS /testmem:off /shadowram:on
DEVICE=E:\WINDOWS\setver.exe
DOS=UMB,HIGH
FILES=40
REM *** FCBS=16
SWITCHES=/F
SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:1024 /P
LASTDRIVE=G

[dos_cd]
DEVICE=E:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS D=128 I=B000-B7FF I=E000-EFFF
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CD-ROM\AOATAPI.sys /D:MSCD001


*** autoexec.bat ***

@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $p$g
PATH E:\WINDOWS;E:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DOS;C:\DOS\BATCH;..

LH keyb gr,,E:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\keyboard.sys
LH E:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV 1024 256
LH E:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DOSKEY /insert
LH E:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /M:20 /L:G
LH C:\MOUSE\MOUSE

SET DIRCMD=/P /O:EN
SET TEMP=C:\TEMP
SET LMOUSE=C:\MOUSE
SET MGA=C:\TOOLS\MATROX

LH C:\TOOLS\MATROX\VBETSR.COM
C:\TOOLS\MATROX\VBESETUP

CLS

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HTH,
M.Scheidl



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