Well...downloaded the xcar demo from pcgamer's website.
When I try to run it in DOS (6.22 of course), I get the splash screen,
and then the main menu. If I pick ANY menu item from the main menu, it
freezes. the only way I can get out of it is to give the three fingered
salute, at which point the game pukes with a bunch of system address
error messages, and unceremoniously dumps me back to dos.
If I run it under Win95, I get the splash screen (it also loads faster),
then the main menu. If I pick the tracks menu, it loads that menu. If I
pick a track, the game freezes. If I pick any other menu from the main
menu, it freezes.
from either OS, I get no sound, and no sound in the setup utility which
detects a SoundBlaster AWE32 card. I have an ESS 1788 PnP. I WISH I had
the AWE32.
Hardware is not lacking: FOSA notebook (innards by toshiba): P200, 64 megs
ram, Trident 9385 (9680 compatible) chipset, 2megs EDO DRAM, 2.1G hd.
(also 12.1" active matrix screen, 8X cdrom, IR port, Joystick port, RCA
Video out jack, CD and floppy in at the same time, ZIF socket for CPU...go
ahead...ASK me how much I paid for it..I'll surprise you)
anyone have similar problems, or suggestions?
email preferred to follow-up posting.
the notebook.
