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Subject: Re: Question for ED Shroeder or Knowledgeble Person

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 18:08:44 05/25/04

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On May 25, 2004 at 19:21:58, Ed Schröder wrote:

>On May 25, 2004 at 19:04:44, Robert C Gates wrote:
>
>>Hi ED?
>>
>>  My Century 4 CD is basically useless, since I now have Windows XP Pro. What
>>I'm trying to do is make use of the EOC files on the CD, I presently have
>>RebelXP for windows installed, so I pointed the Eoc under engine options to the
>>century 4 eoc directory. Unfortunately there was a Bug reported that didn't
>>extract all the eoc files correctly to where it is showing up only as 27 million
>>positions instead of the 55 million that it should show. The setupeoc.exe
>>utility that you have at the rebel subscription page doesn't work since it is
>>for Dos only. Is a setupeoc.exe utility available for WindowsXP to fix the
>>problem. Hope I'm clear, and you can understand my problem.
>
>Robert, I am not sure if I have understood your problem correctly but let say a
>few general things in the hope I address your problem.
>
>If you have Century 4 (for DOS) then it won't work under Windows XP, as no other
>Rebel (for DOS) will work under WXP. You say you have "RebelXP for windows", you
>probably mean Rebel12. If you have the Rebel12 cdrom then simply install the EOC
>via the installation process, it will install the same 55 million EOC database
>as the one of Century 4, of course in good shape.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>My best,
>
>Ed

EOC installed perfectly under WIN2K from the Rebel12 CD on my machine.



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