[Re: Compatiblity probs between Win98 and DOS programs?]

[Frank Olivieri]

The Oak Technology drivers you are talking about are the worst. They are generic
and are only for emergency CD-ROM access if all else fails. Use the drivers that
come with your device for optimal performance, especially if you are in DOS mode.
Another 'tip' is to make sure you have EMM386.EXE in your config.sys. A windows 98
clean install does not put it there. This is your DOS Expanded Memory Manager
which is used by any DOS program worth its salt. Some say it slows down execution,
but you won't notice. It will allow your software to 'breathe' alot easier with
the increased RAM. I recommend the line - DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE RAM AUTO
This will work with most common hardware configurations, and WIN98 likes it too!

Frank

Quinton Fulsom wrote:

> A neat trick ONLY in 98 that I very much recommend is to scrap your cdrom
> drivers and use the 98 boot disk it makes you create on install.  Also you can
> make one by going to control panels, add/rem. programs and choose startup
> disk.  It will add cdrom drivers that will work on virtually ANY cdrom.
>
> Quint
>
> "Tom Baldwin" <tomb at richmond.infi.net> wrote:
> I would have to agree with the last to replies. when beta testing Win98 our
> instructions were to do a clean install of Win98 as unusual things could
> happen with an upgrade. That was for the final release. I also agree that
> DOS mode is more stable in Win98 than in Win95. At least that is what I
> noticed with some of my old sound and midi drivers.
>
> If you can do a clean install, do so. fdisk the drive. use fdisk /mbr. Then
> just install your cdrom driver to load up win98.
>
> Tom B.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Frank Olivieri <frank at inch.com>
> To: Robert Williams <will7370 at tao.sou.edu>
> Cc: Synth-DIY <synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl>
> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 9:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Compatiblity probs between Win98 and DOS programs?
>
> >I have no problems running DOS programs under Win98. As a matter of fact,
> it works great.
> >Better than 95. You may have a virus, or your config.sys is not setup
> properly.
> >
> >Frank
> >
> >Robert Williams wrote:
> >
> >> Hi folks,
> >>
> >> I recently upgraded to Windows 98 about a month ago, and it has given me
> nothing but
> >> grief with my DOS programs.  Has anyone had compatibility problems
> between DOS software
> >> and Windows 98?  I've tried many different types of programs; music,
> softsynths, even
> >> non music related software like flight simulators and genealogy programs,
> all have the
> >> same problems.  Half the time it crashes the OS when I try to install
> them, and if I do
> >> manage to get them installed, they only run for about a week before they
> lock up my
> >> system when I start the program.  I wonder if some of the automatically
> scheduled weekly
> >> disk maintenance features of Win98 messes with some of my files?  I don't
> think I can
> >> tell it to avoid certain files or folders.
> >>
> >> Just wondering if anybody else had this problem and if there was a Win98
> patch that
> >> might correct it?  I'm almost tempted to go back to Win95.
> >>
> >> Robert
> >
>
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