pgrmdave Posted March 16, 2007 Report Posted March 16, 2007 So, I found an old game of mine (X-Wing, and decided to install it. However, it says that I do not have enough memory. Keep in mind that this game is from 1992. I found this in the readme: X-Wing CD requires at least 900K of available EMS memory to run, and 2000K of available EMS memory is recommended. The install program lists how much EMS memory is currently available in your system. The largest amount of EMS memory required is 2500K. Any ideas on how to get it to recognize that I have more than enough ram? Quote
freeztar Posted March 17, 2007 Report Posted March 17, 2007 You might try Dosbox to emulate DOS, but I'm not sure if it will work.Essential Utilities: Programs you may need to play the games! pgrmdave 1 Quote
Thorshammer Posted March 17, 2007 Report Posted March 17, 2007 Are you running Norton? It creates that error sometimes. Quote
freeztar Posted March 17, 2007 Report Posted March 17, 2007 This thread might help, but browsing through, it seems hit or miss. XMS / EMS allocation problem An interesting comment from "Guest" on page 5 which holds some validity in my experience: EMS can be disabled in XP if you have a combination of onboad sound, usb legagacy support etc and other BIOS options that use memory areas between 640 and 1024. In my case I could only get EMS to work in XP's DOS after disabling USB legacy support in BIOS. Quote
pgrmdave Posted March 17, 2007 Author Report Posted March 17, 2007 Excellent! Dosbox worked fine (some minor issues, but nothing the readme doesn't cover). Thanks for the help :) Quote
alexander Posted March 21, 2007 Report Posted March 21, 2007 you could make a custom freedos cd and put the game on there and then reboot your or any computer into the cd and play your game :) Quote
alexander Posted March 21, 2007 Report Posted March 21, 2007 its not that hard either, you will need iso edditing tools tho, but its all described on the freedos website, and there are tonns of tutorials out there for it :) Quote
GAHD Posted March 21, 2007 Report Posted March 21, 2007 Awww, the problem's solved? and here I was getting all hot at the idea of booting into DOS prompt and setting up emm386... Glad you're up and running man. Quote
iorgobas Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 What antivirus do you run? If run Norton may be is the problem Quote
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