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> > On Mon, 3 Apr 1995, Nik Ahmad Fahmi wrote: > > > > > HI all, > > > > > > I just got the demo copy of Executor/DOS 1.99k. My problem is I can't > > > seem to be able to run it on my system ... Pentium-90 with 16Mb RAM. > > Try pressing F5 (clean boot) in the boot phase (Starting MS-DOS...) if > > you are using MSDOS6 or later. Of course, load your mouse driver in the > > C> prompt. > > I just managed to pinpoint the problem ... believe it or not, it's my > mouse driver. If I load the standard Microsoft mouse driver, my mouse > won't work but I can load Executor. When I switched to the driver that > comes with the mouse, my mouse works but i was dumped back to DOS > prompt after running Executor. > > Running 'mem /c' showed that cwsdpmi and go32 are still in memory and > the PC would just hang after that. > > I'm not sure where the mouse driver is from coz it's a no brand mouse > but i believe, it's Logitech compatible .... is there a new version > somewhere on the Net? Okay problem solved!!! I just replace my mouse driver to Logitech mouse driver ver 6.12 (not the latest) and after messing around with the command line, it worked!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Nik Ahmad Fahmi | e-mail: nfahmi@abdulla.pc.my | | Fax:+60-3-2530801 (O) | 74744.1202@compuserve.com | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-executor Thu Apr 6 23:10:11 1995 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) id XAA23091 for executor-outgoing; Thu, 6 Apr 1995 23:10:11 -0700 Received: from cyberverse.cyberverse.com (cyberverse.com [134.24.3.50]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id XAA23086 for <executor@nacm.com>; Thu, 6 Apr 1995 23:10:06 -0700 Received: (from data@localhost) by cyberverse.cyberverse.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) id XAA03145; Thu, 6 Apr 1995 23:11:48 -0700 Date: Thu, 6 Apr 1995 23:11:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Data <data@cyberverse.com> Subject: Suggestions: To: executor@nacm.com Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9504062358.A2989-0100000@cyberverse> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-executor@nacm.com Precedence: bulk You should add a Control Panel to the desktop.. That would be a major improvement... With a Control Panel, you can install things like After Dark (and configure it), and add fonts, etc. You might also consider, just for nicer look, making the Apple sign on the top of the screen in color. That would make it look even more like a Mac. Raymond W. Lucke IV