Second Reality

[ianski2]

Hey Can anybody share the exact settings to get Second Reality to work? I've tried bits and pieces I've seen in some threads but spent all night trying to get it working without success.

Just keep getting OUT OF MEMORY RESERVER 33904 BYTE BLOCK! (2121)

Memory allocation error
Cannot load COMMAND, system halted.

Driving me up the wall!

[thorr]

Changing my config.sys to this fixed Second Reality:
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DOS=HIGH,UMB
LASTDRIVE=Z
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE 28000 RAM D=64 X=A000=C7FF FRAME=C800 I=D000-EFFF
I am using an updated EMM386.exe and HIMEM.SYS, but it will probably work anyway.

[rhester72]

Interesting - I never could get a frame to work at C800.

[thorr]

That is my exact config.sys, so if you copy it exactly, it should work with the frame at C800. Again, I used an updated EMM386.exe and HIMEM.sys. I was watching a Youtube video that recommended that, but I don't remember which video and where I got the files. I think they are the ones from Windows 98 or something.

[rhester72]

Hrm. Just tried that *exact* line and got a "option ROM within specified frame" error in MS-DOS 6.22.

[thorr]

My Himem.sys file is 33,191 bytes and my emm386.exe is 125,495 bytes. Most likely they are different than yours which is why we are seeing differences. I tried to find where I got them, but I don't remember. They could be from Windows 98.

Also, you said you tried the line. Did you try all the lines? The DOS=High,UMB might make the difference.

[rhester72]

My HIMEM and DOS entries were already the same - I'm guessing yours probably are from 98. Not a big deal, I've _loads_ more UMB than I need already, it was just a geek irritation. LOL

[mparson]

Second Reality was one of the first things I tried when I got my Mister setup. I give it another run each time there is an update to this core.

It runs, but not perfectly. The music and the scenes fall out of sync pretty quickly, and a few of the screens don't run at all, just blank for a few seconds.

My config.sys (using the default emm386 that ships with MS DOS 6.22):

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DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE 28000 RAM FRAME=c800 d=64 x=a000-c7ff i=d000-efff
BUFFERS=15,0
FILES=30
DOS=UMB
LASTDRIVE=E
FCBS=4,0
DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
DOS=HIGH