jessegibson
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I just recently purchased an old game.
AD&D Collectors Edition: Complete Set Vol 1-3. This has all 9 games on one CD-Rom.
I have 2 PC's right now. A newer Vista 64-Bit Media PC and an older Windows XP machine I use for office use.
Bottom line is I cannot get it to run 64-Bit or 32-Bit (x86)on my Vista machine. I have not yet tried on my XP but I will. I am assuming if I can get it to run on my XP machine then I can simply partition my Hard Drive and install XP 32-Bit on it to run it on my PC of choice.
In any case, if I cannot get it to run through Windows XP does anyone have any advice for what to do?
Here is what the System Requirements show on the Box...
...IBM PC or compatible. 2MB free RAM. DOS 3.3 or higher. CD ROM drive. EGA/VGA graphics card and monitor. Compatible with Microsoft compatible mouse...
I also have a question about the EGA/VGA card. My XPmachine uses the older VGA plugs and monitor (17-21 pin or something, I have not yet looked, it is a 17" flat screen from about 5-6 years ago.) I am guessing that monitor should work. My Media PC running Vista 64 is hooked upo to a 52"LCD via a DVI-->HDMI set up.
Does anyone know if I will run into display issues on the Vista machine, assuming I am able to get the software to run on it somehow?
Summary
1.) How can I make sure to be able to run this older DOS 3.3+ software on a much more modern PC? (Partition and install old OS, i.e. DOS?, How do I do that?)
2.) Do newer advanced graphics card run and handle programs requiring EGA/VGA set-ups of old?
3.) If this is not in the correct Thread location please advise the proper location. Or if Admin/Moderator, please redirect it to the appropriate Thread location.
4.) If need be I can take screen shots and post them in here for the error messages I am recieveing. I also already tried the Vista 64 compatibility wizard, DOS was not an option for the operating system to try, WIN 95 appears to be oldest program on the compatability wizard.
Thanks, I am dying to get into some nostalgic gaming. They don't make them like they used to, and that really sucks to me. Any way I am very anxious, this cost me a fair amount and I am dying to play it and way bummed it won't run. I am sure it should be an easy solve, I just don;'t know what to try.
Adios all, I look forward to everyone's input.
PS ~ I may post this in several Threads if i do not get any responses, just to make sure I am not posting incorrectly. Thanks for your patience with me if I end up doing that.:D
AD&D Collectors Edition: Complete Set Vol 1-3. This has all 9 games on one CD-Rom.
I have 2 PC's right now. A newer Vista 64-Bit Media PC and an older Windows XP machine I use for office use.
Bottom line is I cannot get it to run 64-Bit or 32-Bit (x86)on my Vista machine. I have not yet tried on my XP but I will. I am assuming if I can get it to run on my XP machine then I can simply partition my Hard Drive and install XP 32-Bit on it to run it on my PC of choice.
In any case, if I cannot get it to run through Windows XP does anyone have any advice for what to do?
Here is what the System Requirements show on the Box...
...IBM PC or compatible. 2MB free RAM. DOS 3.3 or higher. CD ROM drive. EGA/VGA graphics card and monitor. Compatible with Microsoft compatible mouse...
I also have a question about the EGA/VGA card. My XPmachine uses the older VGA plugs and monitor (17-21 pin or something, I have not yet looked, it is a 17" flat screen from about 5-6 years ago.) I am guessing that monitor should work. My Media PC running Vista 64 is hooked upo to a 52"LCD via a DVI-->HDMI set up.
Does anyone know if I will run into display issues on the Vista machine, assuming I am able to get the software to run on it somehow?
Summary
1.) How can I make sure to be able to run this older DOS 3.3+ software on a much more modern PC? (Partition and install old OS, i.e. DOS?, How do I do that?)
2.) Do newer advanced graphics card run and handle programs requiring EGA/VGA set-ups of old?
3.) If this is not in the correct Thread location please advise the proper location. Or if Admin/Moderator, please redirect it to the appropriate Thread location.
4.) If need be I can take screen shots and post them in here for the error messages I am recieveing. I also already tried the Vista 64 compatibility wizard, DOS was not an option for the operating system to try, WIN 95 appears to be oldest program on the compatability wizard.
Thanks, I am dying to get into some nostalgic gaming. They don't make them like they used to, and that really sucks to me. Any way I am very anxious, this cost me a fair amount and I am dying to play it and way bummed it won't run. I am sure it should be an easy solve, I just don;'t know what to try.
Adios all, I look forward to everyone's input.
PS ~ I may post this in several Threads if i do not get any responses, just to make sure I am not posting incorrectly. Thanks for your patience with me if I end up doing that.:D
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