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GPL and Win 98!!!????

Parke Cochra

GPL and Win 98!!!????

by Parke Cochra » Wed, 08 Apr 1998 04:00:00


Grand Prix Legends Demo and 2 formats of the drive (I care A LOT about this
sim) it still doesn't get past the splash screen in Win 98!

P225
Pure3D
Total3D (Both Newsest drivers)
32M
4.3GB
SoundBlaster16 (newsest drivers)
DirectX 5.0

    Once, I got to the screen just before the racing but then, when the
sound kicked in, it was garbled and choppy (Baaaaaadddddd garbled) then the
system locked up completely.  No mouse movement either.  A reboot is the
only relief!

    Can I get this sim to work in 98?  Or is THAT even the problem?

    Thanks for the help in advance!

Rich Edg

GPL and Win 98!!!????

by Rich Edg » Wed, 08 Apr 1998 04:00:00

On Tue, 7 Apr 1998 11:35:48 -0500, "Parke Cochran"

I have ythe exact same problem on win98 build 1650 (consumer preview
release. Ive about had it with Win98 anyways, it cant seem to detect
my tape drive about half the time it boots up. Going back to win95.
I'll let you know if it solves the problem


>Grand Prix Legends Demo and 2 formats of the drive (I care A LOT about this
>sim) it still doesn't get past the splash screen in Win 98!

>    Once, I got to the screen just before the racing but then, when the
>sound kicked in, it was garbled and choppy (Baaaaaadddddd garbled) then the
>system locked up completely.  No mouse movement either.  A reboot is the
>only relief!

Mike Davi

GPL and Win 98!!!????

by Mike Davi » Wed, 08 Apr 1998 04:00:00



> Grand Prix Legends Demo and 2 formats of the drive (I care A LOT about this
> sim) it still doesn't get past the splash screen in Win 98!

> P225
> Pure3D
> Total3D (Both Newsest drivers)
> 32M
> 4.3GB
> SoundBlaster16 (newsest drivers)
> DirectX 5.0

>     Once, I got to the screen just before the racing but then, when the
> sound kicked in, it was garbled and choppy (Baaaaaadddddd garbled) then the
> system locked up completely.  No mouse movement either.  A reboot is the
> only relief!

>     Can I get this sim to work in 98?  Or is THAT even the problem?

>     Thanks for the help in advance!

 Parke,
    Hey bud, if you're trying to race in Win98 beta than don't try and place
blame on the Papy demo. I have fooled around with the Win 98 beta also, two and
three, neither should be considered a working operating system. Of course, some
in this group would argue that on that tact, Win95 doesn't qualify either
<ggg.> Try running it in Win95, it runs great. All the best, Mike

--
Michael S. Davis
Creative Media-Works
Computer/Audio/Video Convergence
"from Creative minds spring Creative solutions."
http://www.creativemedia-works.com


Chris Mas

GPL and Win 98!!!????

by Chris Mas » Thu, 09 Apr 1998 04:00:00

I posted this before but I didn't see it come through. You can edit
the options.ini file to read soundquality=0 and soundstereo=0. Then
you can play the game, except there will be no sound. For now though,
this is the best you can do.

-Chris


>>Grand Prix Legends Demo and 2 formats of the drive (I care A LOT about this
>>sim) it still doesn't get past the splash screen in Win 98!

>>    Once, I got to the screen just before the racing but then, when the
>>sound kicked in, it was garbled and choppy (Baaaaaadddddd garbled) then the
>>system locked up completely.  No mouse movement either.  A reboot is the
>>only relief!

Goy Larse

GPL and Win 98!!!????

by Goy Larse » Thu, 09 Apr 1998 04:00:00



> Grand Prix Legends Demo and 2 formats of the drive (I care A LOT about this
> sim) it still doesn't get past the splash screen in Win 98!

> P225
> Pure3D
> Total3D (Both Newsest drivers)
> 32M
> 4.3GB
> SoundBlaster16 (newsest drivers)
> DirectX 5.0

>     Once, I got to the screen just before the racing but then, when the
> sound kicked in, it was garbled and choppy (Baaaaaadddddd garbled) then the
> system locked up completely.  No mouse movement either.  A reboot is the
> only relief!

>     Can I get this sim to work in 98?  Or is THAT even the problem?

>     Thanks for the help in advance!

Hi Parke

Had the same problem, deleted Win98 (was thinking about it anyway) and
installed Win95, worked like a charm first time around, JUST DO IT :-)

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
Unclegoy on TEN

Rich Edg

GPL and Win 98!!!????

by Rich Edg » Thu, 09 Apr 1998 04:00:00



>On Tue, 7 Apr 1998 11:35:48 -0500, "Parke Cochran"

>I have ythe exact same problem on win98 build 1650 (consumer preview
>release. Ive about had it with Win98 anyways, it cant seem to detect
>my tape drive about half the time it boots up. Going back to win95.
>I'll let you know if it solves the problem

It did, by the way. Worked great the first time.....
Parke Cochra

GPL and Win 98!!!????

by Parke Cochra » Thu, 09 Apr 1998 04:00:00

Advice taken....ADIOS 98!!!!!

Parke




>> Grand Prix Legends Demo and 2 formats of the drive (I care A LOT about
this
>> sim) it still doesn't get past the splash screen in Win 98!

>> P225
>> Pure3D
>> Total3D (Both Newsest drivers)
>> 32M
>> 4.3GB
>> SoundBlaster16 (newsest drivers)
>> DirectX 5.0

>>     Once, I got to the screen just before the racing but then, when the
>> sound kicked in, it was garbled and choppy (Baaaaaadddddd garbled) then
the
>> system locked up completely.  No mouse movement either.  A reboot is the
>> only relief!

>>     Can I get this sim to work in 98?  Or is THAT even the problem?

>>     Thanks for the help in advance!

>Hi Parke

>Had the same problem, deleted Win98 (was thinking about it anyway) and
>installed Win95, worked like a charm first time around, JUST DO IT :-)

>Beers and cheers
>(uncle) Goy
>Unclegoy on TEN

Bart W. van Lit

GPL and Win 98!!!????

by Bart W. van Lit » Thu, 09 Apr 1998 04:00:00

Sadly it won't run on a Silicon Graphics O^2  (UNIX)
Back to the sad FAT32 :-((

Bart


> Advice taken....ADIOS 98!!!!!

> Parke




> >> Grand Prix Legends Demo and 2 formats of the drive (I care A LOT about
> this
> >> sim) it still doesn't get past the splash screen in Win 98!

> >> P225
> >> Pure3D
> >> Total3D (Both Newsest drivers)
> >> 32M
> >> 4.3GB
> >> SoundBlaster16 (newsest drivers)
> >> DirectX 5.0

> >>     Once, I got to the screen just before the racing but then, when the
> >> sound kicked in, it was garbled and choppy (Baaaaaadddddd garbled) then
> the
> >> system locked up completely.  No mouse movement either.  A reboot is the
> >> only relief!

> >>     Can I get this sim to work in 98?  Or is THAT even the problem?

> >>     Thanks for the help in advance!

> >Hi Parke

> >Had the same problem, deleted Win98 (was thinking about it anyway) and
> >installed Win95, worked like a charm first time around, JUST DO IT :-)

> >Beers and cheers
> >(uncle) Goy
> >Unclegoy on TEN

D/S Angov

GPL and Win 98!!!????

by D/S Angov » Sat, 11 Apr 1998 04:00:00

No luck with win98 either, get to joystick setup screen and then the setup
screen seeems transparent to the mouse, it picks up the stuff from my
desktop through the setup screen, wierd huh.

Dave

Parke Cochra

GPL and Win 98!!!????

by Parke Cochra » Sat, 11 Apr 1998 04:00:00

I posted my concerns about Win98 and GPL a while back.  Do yourself a favor:
Format C: an install Win95 (pref OSR2).  With IE4.0 it's not THAT much
different than 98.  And you'll get to enjoy the greatest demo to come down
the pike in years!!

Summary, you ask???

GPL WILL NOT WORK IN 98.  If you wanna play, you gotta install 95 again.
(Spoken by a Simmer who worked for 16 STRAIGHT hours trying to get the thing
to run in 98!!!  I tried everything short of a hammer and nails)

Good luck!!!

Parke


>No luck with win98 either, get to joystick setup screen and then the setup
>screen seeems transparent to the mouse, it picks up the stuff from my
>desktop through the setup screen, wierd huh.

>Dave


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