Hi all. Privateer is one of my all time favorite games. I had no trouble running it on my old Packard Bell Win 95 machine, but ever since I got my Gateway with Win 98 three years ago, I have been unable to run this game. I have tried many different methods, including:
Boot Disks
Startup Shortcuts
Copying the .tre files to my c: drive
'hiding' windows from Privateer in the windowed DOS mode
Let me show you the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat I am using, and then tell you the exact problem, and maybe, just maybe, someone can help me.
CONFIG.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
Device=C:\WINDOWS\Himem.Sys
device=c:\windows\emm386.exe 8192 RAM
rem DEVICEHIGH=C:cdrom\cr_atapi.sys /d:mscd001
Files=40
Buffers=40
AUTOEXEC.BAT
Set tmp=c:\windows\temp
SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
SET PROMPT=$p$g
SET SNDSCAPE=C:\Eapci\audio
SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T2
C:\Eapci\audio\APINIT.COM
SET winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS
Set Path=c:\Windows;c:\windows\COMMAND
rem c:\cdrom\mscdex.exe /D:MSCD001
REM LH c:\msinput\mouse.exe
I have tried to run the game without sound and it makes no difference, so I do not think it's the sound card (my card is an SB 64PCI) I am also running a Voodoo 5 5500 64 MB PCI, but I doubt that is the problem. For my joystick I am using the original Microsoft Sidewinder, which again, I don't believe to be the problem since I used it to play Privateer on my old system.
Currently I have the .tre file saved to my c: drive, because if I load the cd-rom there is not enough conventional memory for Privateer. In my current setup I have 597KB of RAM available, which I believe is supposed to be enough to run Privateer, even if only just barely. Here is what happens. When I type in 'priv' at the c:\privater\> prompt, the whole system locks up. I don't even see a flashing cursor like some other people mentioned, the system simply locks up. I read somewhere once that there is an inherent conflict between Windows 98 and Jemm.ovl, I hope that this is not the case or that it can be overcome somehow. If someone can help me out here I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks a bunch!
Boot Disks
Startup Shortcuts
Copying the .tre files to my c: drive
'hiding' windows from Privateer in the windowed DOS mode
Let me show you the Config.sys and Autoexec.bat I am using, and then tell you the exact problem, and maybe, just maybe, someone can help me.
CONFIG.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
Device=C:\WINDOWS\Himem.Sys
device=c:\windows\emm386.exe 8192 RAM
rem DEVICEHIGH=C:cdrom\cr_atapi.sys /d:mscd001
Files=40
Buffers=40
AUTOEXEC.BAT
Set tmp=c:\windows\temp
SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
SET PROMPT=$p$g
SET SNDSCAPE=C:\Eapci\audio
SET BLASTER=A220 I7 D1 T2
C:\Eapci\audio\APINIT.COM
SET winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS
Set Path=c:\Windows;c:\windows\COMMAND
rem c:\cdrom\mscdex.exe /D:MSCD001
REM LH c:\msinput\mouse.exe
I have tried to run the game without sound and it makes no difference, so I do not think it's the sound card (my card is an SB 64PCI) I am also running a Voodoo 5 5500 64 MB PCI, but I doubt that is the problem. For my joystick I am using the original Microsoft Sidewinder, which again, I don't believe to be the problem since I used it to play Privateer on my old system.
Currently I have the .tre file saved to my c: drive, because if I load the cd-rom there is not enough conventional memory for Privateer. In my current setup I have 597KB of RAM available, which I believe is supposed to be enough to run Privateer, even if only just barely. Here is what happens. When I type in 'priv' at the c:\privater\> prompt, the whole system locks up. I don't even see a flashing cursor like some other people mentioned, the system simply locks up. I read somewhere once that there is an inherent conflict between Windows 98 and Jemm.ovl, I hope that this is not the case or that it can be overcome somehow. If someone can help me out here I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks a bunch!
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