what are NROS, TEN rates?

I browsed the TEN site for 20 minutes and could not find a dollar value for the rates ANYWHERE! What are the rates for NROS and/or TEN please? -Jeff

Does anyone know if it is possible to play Microprose GP1 in windows 95, I keep getting booted after the intro. Please help. Thank You Gary

The best deal going on Ten is their VIP plan, 3 months for 39.95. Their regular rate is 19.95 per month. This is all unlimited use. The VIP plan is like getting a month free. You can currently race Nascar2 on Ten in either pick up races or user created league races. The Nros, sanctioned by Nascar, has not started up yet, nor has the pricing for it been announced by Nascar. -- Don Burnette I-65 Racing Dburn on Ten

I believe the best deal is 3 months (unlimited) for $39.99! Pretty awesome, IMHO; especially, if you ever payed long distance to play Hawaii! Sean > I browsed the TEN site for 20 minutes and could not find a dollar value > for the rates ANYWHERE! What are the rates for NROS and/or TEN please?

> Does anyone know if it is possible to play Microprose GP1 in windows 95, > I keep getting booted after the intro. Please help. > Thank You > Gary First of all, how did you post this where it is under "What are NROS, TEN......etc"? Secondly, how would you expect GP1 to run under Win95. Win 95 was not even thought of when GP1 was released. It only runs under DOS.

It runs perfectly well for me under Windows 95, and asking how it could be expected to run is ludicrous, it may be a matter of openning a dos box but it certainly runs :)

> > Secondly, how would you expect GP1 to run under Win95. Win 95 was > >not even thought of when GP1 was released. It only runs under DOS. > It runs perfectly well for me under Windows 95, and asking how it > could be expected to run is ludicrous, it may be a matter of openning > a dos box but it certainly runs :) A lot of games run under windows 95 even though they were designed before windows 95. Supposedly windows 95 was supposed to be able to run programs of this nature. But my concern is not what a game is designed for but weather GP1 will run under win95. Anyway apparently someone has managed to get it to run. So was there anything special that needs to be done in the dos box to allow the game to run under win 95? Please help me if you can. I appreciate any help that is given in this matter. Gary

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> > > > Secondly, how would you expect GP1 to run under Win95. Win 95 was > > > >not even thought of when GP1 was released. It only runs under DOS. > > > It runs perfectly well for me under Windows 95, and asking how it > > > could be expected to run is ludicrous, it may be a matter of openning > > > a dos box but it certainly runs :) > > A lot of games run under windows 95 even though they were designed > > before windows 95. Supposedly windows 95 was supposed to be able to run > > programs of this nature. But my concern is not what a game is designed > > for but weather GP1 will run under win95. Anyway apparently someone has > > managed to get it to run. So was there anything special that needs to be > > done in the dos box to allow the game to run under win 95? Please help > > me if you can. I appreciate any help that is given in this matter. > > Gary > Bring up the properties on the exe for GP1 and select > Properties/program/advanced and select "prevent ms dos based programs > from detecting windows". That normally does the trick!

Thanks ill try that. Gary

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> > > Secondly, how would you expect GP1 to run under Win95. Win 95 was > > >not even thought of when GP1 was released. It only runs under DOS. > > It runs perfectly well for me under Windows 95, and asking how it > > could be expected to run is ludicrous, it may be a matter of openning > > a dos box but it certainly runs :) > Well ok, but why would you do that when you can run in trouble free > pure DOS?

Well I have some games my wife likes to play in windows, its easier for her to stay in one environment. Gary

Here's what often works for me when I have a DOS game that's a bit sticky about running under Windows 95: Create a Shortcut to the game's executable file (put it on your desktop or in your Start Menu - some place handy). Right click on the shortcut and select the Properties command. You will get a multi-tabbed Win95 dialogue box where you can configure how the game runs. You have two basic options: run the game in a DOS Session under Win95, or reboot into pure DOS (the system will reboot back to Win95 when you exit the game). The reboot option is found on the Program Tab by clicking the Advanced button (this will also let you type custom Autoexec.bat and Config.sys files for the DOS session - don't forget to include any mouse drivers, etc you may need as you will be rebooting into pure DOS with none of the usual Win95 services available). I have found a full reboot is usually unnecessary, however, as with enough tweaking even finicky games can can be persuaded to run under Win95. The most important thing is to go to the Memory Tab and check the "Protected" option. Most of the other options are self explanatory, and the dialogue box has good help available by clicking the Question Mark Button.\ Good Luck! Daniel

> > Secondly, how would you expect GP1 to run under Win95. Win 95 was > >not even thought of when GP1 was released. It only runs under DOS. > It runs perfectly well for me under Windows 95, and asking how it > could be expected to run is ludicrous, it may be a matter of openning > a dos box but it certainly runs :) Well ok, but why would you do that when you can run in trouble free pure DOS?

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> > > Secondly, how would you expect GP1 to run under Win95. Win 95 was > > >not even thought of when GP1 was released. It only runs under DOS. > > It runs perfectly well for me under Windows 95, and asking how it > > could be expected to run is ludicrous, it may be a matter of openning > > a dos box but it certainly runs :) > A lot of games run under windows 95 even though they were designed > before windows 95. Supposedly windows 95 was supposed to be able to run > programs of this nature. But my concern is not what a game is designed > for but weather GP1 will run under win95. Anyway apparently someone has > managed to get it to run. So was there anything special that needs to be > done in the dos box to allow the game to run under win 95? Please help > me if you can. I appreciate any help that is given in this matter. > Gary

Bring up the properties on the exe for GP1 and select Properties/program/advanced and select "prevent ms dos based programs from detecting windows". That normally does the trick!

I don't remember any special problems. Should work. JoH Please remove *anti-spam* from the email when replying. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= When everything else failed, we can still become im- mortal by making an enormous blunder.... John Kenneth Galbraith =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

you may have to load your mouse drivers in your upper memory. lh c:\mouse\mouse for example -- The Grandstand http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/4211/ The Pits http://www.theuspits.com > >A lot of games run under windows 95 even though they were designed > >before windows 95. Supposedly windows 95 was supposed to be able to run > >programs of this nature. But my concern is not what a game is designed > >for but weather GP1 will run under win95. Anyway apparently someone has > >managed to get it to run. So was there anything special that needs to be > >done in the dos box to allow the game to run under win 95? Please help > >me if you can. I appreciate any help that is given in this matter. > I don't remember any special problems. Should work. > JoH > Please remove *anti-spam* from the email when replying. > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > When everything else failed, we can still become im- > mortal by making an enormous blunder.... > John Kenneth Galbraith > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

You could try this : - Open Windows Explorer (not maximized). - Drag gp.exe to the desktop. This will create a link to GP1. - Close Explorer again. - Right-click on the link, and select properties. - Select the Program-tab. - Check the checkbox that says something like 'Close window at exit' (I'm using the Dutch version, so I have to imagin what the English version says, but since there's only one checkbox here..). - Select the advanced-button. - Check the box 'MSDOS mode'. - Uncheck the box 'warn before entering MSDOS mode'. - Select 'Use current MSDOS configuration'. - Click all OK-buttons. When you now click the link to GP1, Windows will shut itself down, leaving the complete box for GP1. After exiting GP1, Windows will restart itself. -- Ren van Lobberegt, The Netherlands. Personal Web Site : http://www.toptown.com/INNERCIRCLE/1846/ Webmaster of AMCA Web Site : http://home.pi.net/~amcarcnl/