Author: Rafael Vasquez
Date: 13:50:23 02/17/00
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On February 17, 2000 at 01:17:38, Harald Faber wrote: Please make a Win 98 startup disk. In the config.sys file located in floppy A: device=c:\windows\himem.sys device=c:\windows\emm386.exe noems files=20 buffers=20 In the autoexec.bat file located in floppy A: set path=c:;c:\windows;c:\mcp8 lh c:\mouse\mouse (use here your dos mouse driver) c: cd\mcp8 mcp8 This will run MChess Pro in pure MS-Dos mode with the Win98 start up disk and using maximum hash tables (60mega) >On February 16, 2000 at 12:53:07, Jeremiah Penery wrote: > >>On February 16, 2000 at 12:34:41, Harald Faber wrote: >> >>>On February 16, 2000 at 00:59:03, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >>> >>>>On February 16, 2000 at 00:39:23, Harald Faber wrote: >>>> >>>>>I once preferred MChessPro but the other 4 programs have improved a lot in the >>>>>last time and on my Athlon there is FAT32 so that I cannot use MCP on that >>>> >>>>What does FAT32 have anything to do with MChessPro working or not? >>> >>>Of course I want to play MCPro with maximum hash. And as I only have Win98 on my >>>Athlon there is no short way around than to start DOS from a boot disk. But when >>>I do this, the FAT32-partition where MCP is installed is not recognized. So I >>>cannot simply change to drive C: because for the booted system that drive does >>>not exist. >>>Do you have a short and simple workaround to get MCP run? >> >>You can't just use the DOS that is part of Win98 (Dos 7.1 or something)? > >Should work but does not offer maximum hash.
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