Re: [Freedos-user] [solved] Doom unstable with LBACACHE or RDISK

2015-06-27 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hello Rugxulo, About the shareware edition: it did the same for me (crashes at exit with a hellish BEEEP), but again, only if I don't give enough "low XMS" memory to Doom. Since my Ultimate Doom problem is solved, the Shareware edition runs fine, too (and quits fine also). You use big cach

Re: [Freedos-user] [solved] Doom unstable with LBACACHE or RDISK

2015-06-27 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Mateusz Viste wrote: > > I understand your "utilitarian" way of thinking, but this is a specific > case for me. There are some pieces of software that I consider "museum > grade" and that I want to keep running it their full legacy glory, as > much as possible

Re: [Freedos-user] [solved] Doom unstable with LBACACHE or RDISK

2015-06-27 Thread Eric Auer
Hi guys, > Limiting LBACACHE to 4MiB is a price to pay also, but I can live with that. That leads to the question if Jack's cache works better, but to be honest, I like the method of using DOS32A a lot more: It works stable with modern hardware and any cache size, as far as I understand your ear

Re: [Freedos-user] [solved] Doom unstable with LBACACHE or RDISK

2015-06-27 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hi Rugxulo, I understand your "utilitarian" way of thinking, but this is a specific case for me. There are some pieces of software that I consider "museum grade" and that I want to keep running it their full legacy glory, as much as possible. Ultimate Doom is one of them. About the general pro

Re: [Freedos-user] Doom unstable with LBACACHE or RDISK

2015-06-27 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 1:26 PM, Mateusz Viste wrote: > > Thanks for your pointers! I didn't think about testing with an > alternative extender. Yes, I was also going to suggest that you use a different one (esp. given how old DOS4G [etc] is). > I tested it now, and the problem is not appea

Re: [Freedos-user] [solved] Doom unstable with LBACACHE or RDISK

2015-06-27 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Mateusz Viste wrote: > > I'm almost sure nobody cares, but here's a little follow-up on my > Doom/XMS troubles, maybe some future generations will find this somehow > useful. Of course we care, but "Ultimate Doom" sounds like a commercial variant, thus not s

Re: [Freedos-user] Doom unstable with LBACACHE or RDISK

2015-06-27 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hallo Herr Eric Auer, am 27. Juni 2015 um 19:18 schrieben Sie: > Hi Mateusz, >> After some investigations, I pin-pointed the problem to this: >> >> If I load any of these TSRs: LBACACHE, RDISK, then Doom either freezes >> at start, or make the computer reboot. > If I have to guess: RDISK, LB

Re: [Freedos-user] Doom unstable with LBACACHE or RDISK

2015-06-27 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hi Eric, Thanks for your pointers! I didn't think about testing with an alternative extender. I tested it now, and the problem is not appearing when I run Ultimate Doom using DOS32A (ie. the game starts fine, let me kill those nasty aliens just as usual, and quits fine). Of course this is not

Re: [Freedos-user] [solved] Doom unstable with LBACACHE or RDISK

2015-06-27 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hello all, I'm almost sure nobody cares, but here's a little follow-up on my Doom/XMS troubles, maybe some future generations will find this somehow useful. A few details first, that I should have included in my first message probably: - When I run "Ultimate Doom" while RDISK or LBACACHE is

Re: [Freedos-user] Doom unstable with LBACACHE or RDISK

2015-06-27 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Mateusz, > After some investigations, I pin-pointed the problem to this: > > If I load any of these TSRs: LBACACHE, RDISK, then Doom either freezes > at start, or make the computer reboot. If I have to guess: RDISK, LBACACHE and DOOM may all cause the A20 to toggle as a side effect of doing

[Freedos-user] Doom unstable with LBACACHE or RDISK

2015-06-27 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hi list, I've run into a small glitch today - I was launching my copy of Doom Ultimate to slaughter my weekly quota of aliens, and was suprised to see my computer freeze. After some investigations, I pin-pointed the problem to this: If I load any of these TSRs: LBACACHE, RDISK, then Doom eithe