Re: So... Arena and Daggerfall

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:25:21 -0600, Nyctolops
<nyctolops@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:20:44 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>wrote:
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>>Nyctolops <nyctolops@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> looked up from reading the entrails
>>of the **** spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>>
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>>>I tried your version and several variations on it, as DOS 6.22 needs
>>>SET SOUND and SET MIDI lines for the sound to work.  It either skips
>>>the sound system altogether, as when I took out the DEVICEHIGH
>>>C:\CTCM\CTCM.EXE line from the config.sys file, or it hangs.  The most
>>>common problem is when I start from the boot card, I see all the usual
>>>startup messages up to the point where the sound card is identified,
>>>then the system just hangs at that line and won't go any farther, no
>>>matter how long I wait.
>>
>>A distant memory asks is there a file called Diagnose.exe?
>>If so, run it before playing the game (or picking the sound option in
>>Arena.).
>
>There is a command C:\VIBRA16\DIAGNOSE /S which is the first thing
>after the SET commands in the autoexec.bat.  I have included it as one
>of the LH commands.  I'll look to see if there is DIAGNOSE.EXE.  If
>there is I will load it as a DEVICEHIGH in the config.sys.
>
I found the DIAGNOSE.EXE and loaded it, but it didn't solve the
problem.
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Nyctolops