Runtime Error
category: general [glöplog]
Hi!
How can i run old demos [& games] that were designed for old pc's like 386/486 - on PIII/P4 ?
[i get this: Runtime Error 200 at 1CD9:0091]
is there a certain emulator for that? -- to emulate the old cpu structure or somthing... [i got the same error when i wanted to play tyrian on my P4-2.66HT-512DDR400...]
How can i run old demos [& games] that were designed for old pc's like 386/486 - on PIII/P4 ?
[i get this: Runtime Error 200 at 1CD9:0091]
is there a certain emulator for that? -- to emulate the old cpu structure or somthing... [i got the same error when i wanted to play tyrian on my P4-2.66HT-512DDR400...]
You need the borland crt unit fix. Google is your friend.
http://crest.untergrund.net/config.html
I never really watched more than 200 DOS demos yesterday. I lied! The reason was the many of them didn't run, numerous displayed that runtime error, but tppatch didn't worked then just because I had first to use uncompression tools which I didn't have. And double the pain in the ass to first uncompress and then use tppatch. I would only do this if I really wanted to see a specific demo.
So, you need tppatch from the toolbox but perhaps some times EXE uncompression tools will be needed.
I think Crystal Dreams 2 display the same and it's impossible to cure with tppatch too. Because it must be compressed too, probably with something that people don't know..
I never really watched more than 200 DOS demos yesterday. I lied! The reason was the many of them didn't run, numerous displayed that runtime error, but tppatch didn't worked then just because I had first to use uncompression tools which I didn't have. And double the pain in the ass to first uncompress and then use tppatch. I would only do this if I really wanted to see a specific demo.
So, you need tppatch from the toolbox but perhaps some times EXE uncompression tools will be needed.
I think Crystal Dreams 2 display the same and it's impossible to cure with tppatch too. Because it must be compressed too, probably with something that people don't know..
So, Pascal fucks up in something more than a plain Pentium. Quickbasic and it's produced executables still run under WinXP.
QUICKBASIC WORLD DOMINATION!!!
QUICKBASIC WORLD DOMINATION!!!
jojo, even with such fixes, it'll be hard to run oldies on your new box. easiest solution is getting some p200 with a good 2d graphics card (ati rage or s3 virge) and a native sound blaster 16 or gus. should be possible finding such a thing second hand if you search well enough.
Optimus: yeah, Quickbasic is still slow on WinXP on a PIII/IV :-)
hehe... it WORKED!!! ;-)
btw, what to do if i have a different Runtime Error ?
btw, what to do if i have a different Runtime Error ?
just use the magic pause-button on your keyboard.
hey guys... it didn't worked on the old game tyrian... the patch program gave me a message in german that tyrian wasn't made using pascal... hmm... how to make it work? [it's giving me Runtime Error 200 at 0006:374C]
try doing a google search for ttpatch
doh! this is what i'm using... ;-) ...as i said, it helped with a dos demo, but not with a game...
try tp7p5fix
JoJo: Try unp as mentioned in above message.
There is some slowdown-proggy for PCs too. Maybe that could help you out...
jcl: Lol! I would be surprised (and all the quickbasic scene too) to find out that it has a Runtime Error in an Athlon64 or anything faster that comes out in the future :)
optimus: so the fact that a runtime lib has a bug makes quickbasic better? uh... your logic seems a bit fuzzy to me
optimus: Have you ever tried quickbasic-exes under win xp professional? quickbasic-executables doesn't seem to work correctly there!
jcl: Hehe,. I never said that, I just liked your joke :)
js: Interesting. I will try it..
js: Interesting. I will try it..