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Friends,
Like many of you I struggled to get the Broderbund's CD game Myst
to operate under OS/2. I traveled three online networks gleaning
advice from all of them. After tinkering, I finally was able to
get Myst to run. Later, another user who was experiencing the
same problem, tried what I had done, and he too was able to get
Myst to run. Therefore, I have chosen to upload what has worked.
I am using OS/2 v.2.11, Vega motherboard, 486DX-33, 8 megs RAM,
HPFS 420 meg hard drive, Diamond Graphics, SVGA, all on a
homebrew system I built myself. The soundcard is a SoundBlaster
16 MCD w/ASP, with a Mitsumi double-speed CD-ROM attached.
I run Myst in a full screen Win-OS2 session.
1. I deleted all my files in the Myst directory related to the
quicktime video. That meant all files with the *.QTC extension.
Apparently Myst is then intelligent enough to scope out my system
looking for the system's own inherent version.
2. I REM'ed out the CPS.SYS driver from my CONFIG.SYS.
Apparently this driver is incompatible with Win-OS2.
3. When the program locks up at the beginning, with the
revolving Broderbund logo, I jiggle my mouse across the top of
the screen, occasionally clicking it. As ludicrous as it sounds,
this actually works.
4. My object notebook settings were changed to --
WIN_RUN_MODE=3.1 Enhanced Compatibility
WIN_DDE=ON
WIN_CLIPBOARD=ON
DOS_FILES=100
DOS_HIGH=ON
DPMI_DOS_API=ENABLED
DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT=128
EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT=0
IDLE_SECONDS=5
IDLE_SENSITIVITY=95
XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT=6144
Everything else is default.
5. In the SYSTEM.INI file for Win-OS2 change the parameter to
[This reportedly worked for many other users. But when I
attempted this I lost all video in Myst.] --
[timer.drv]
TIMERMax386Res=30
TIMERMax286Res=30
In the end, Myst DOES work under OS/2! It is just a pain to make
it so.
Kevin Walker
Compu$erve 72070,3436
AOL: Fideist
Genie: Discipulus
Internet: kwalker@david.wheaton.edu