icking@gmdzi.gmd.de (Werner Icking) (03/19/91)
I downloaded <MSDOS.EDUCATION>SKYGLOB2.ZIP from the SIMTEL mirror site
wuarchive.wustl.edu. After successfully unpacking each attempt to run
SKYGLOBE made it neccessary to re-boot.
The configuration is: Siemens PCD-4T (80486) with DOS 4.01, VGA with
cirrus chipset with 256k.
Anyone else with the same problem? Any solution?
--
Werner Icking icking@gmdzi.gmd.de (+49 2241) 14-2443
Gesellschaft fuer Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung mbH (GMD)
Schloss Birlinghoven, P.O.Box 1240, D-5205 Sankt Augustin 1, FRGermany
"Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod."timr@gssc.UUCP (Tim Roberts) (03/21/91)
In article <4344@gmdzi.gmd.de> icking@gmdzi.gmd.de (Werner Icking) writes: >I downloaded <MSDOS.EDUCATION>SKYGLOB2.ZIP from the SIMTEL mirror site >wuarchive.wustl.edu. After successfully unpacking each attempt to run >SKYGLOBE made it neccessary to re-boot. > >The configuration is: Siemens PCD-4T (80486) with DOS 4.01, VGA with >cirrus chipset with 256k. > >Anyone else with the same problem? Any solution? I have EXACTLY the same problem with my 20MHz AST Premium 386C running DOS 3.31 on a C&T chipset VGA. Evidently interrupts are getting disabled, because the keyboard no longer responds. A reset is required to reboot. -- timr@gssc.gss.com Tim N Roberts, CCP Graphic Software Systems Beaverton, OR This is a very long palindrome. .emordnilap gnol yrev a si sihT
sladkey@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (john.r.sladkey..jr) (03/21/91)
In article <6616@gssc.UUCP> timr@gssc.UUCP (Tim Roberts) writes: >In article <4344@gmdzi.gmd.de> icking@gmdzi.gmd.de (Werner Icking) writes: >>I downloaded <MSDOS.EDUCATION>SKYGLOB2.ZIP from the SIMTEL mirror site >>wuarchive.wustl.edu. After successfully unpacking each attempt to run >>SKYGLOBE made it neccessary to re-boot. >> >>The configuration is: Siemens PCD-4T (80486) with DOS 4.01, VGA with >>cirrus chipset with 256k. >> >>Anyone else with the same problem? Any solution? > >I have EXACTLY the same problem with my 20MHz AST Premium 386C running >DOS 3.31 on a C&T chipset VGA. Evidently interrupts are getting disabled, >because the keyboard no longer responds. A reset is required to reboot. I had the same problem but I was eventually able to get SKYGLOB2 to work. IT IS WORTH IT, SO KEEP TRYING... I found out that skyglobe was writing to the monochrome video ram area, which it should DEFINITELY NOT be doing. Anyway, I was using the area as high ram for TSR's etc. and skyglobe was trashing any program that was legitimately using that memory through the memory manager. Either excluding B000-B7FF or booting ``clean'' allowed the program to run without crashing anything else. This may be related to other people's problems. Rick Sladkey mvjrs@mvgpk.att.com
teexpjs@ioe.lon.ac.uk (PHILIP SMITH) (03/21/91)
In <4344@gmdzi.gmd.de> icking@gmdzi.gmd.de (Werner Icking) writes: >I downloaded <MSDOS.EDUCATION>SKYGLOB2.ZIP from the SIMTEL mirror site >wuarchive.wustl.edu. After successfully unpacking each attempt to run >SKYGLOBE made it neccessary to re-boot. >The configuration is: Siemens PCD-4T (80486) with DOS 4.01, VGA with >cirrus chipset with 256k. >Anyone else with the same problem? Any solution? >-- >Werner Icking icking@gmdzi.gmd.de (+49 2241) 14-2443 >Gesellschaft fuer Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung mbH (GMD) >Schloss Birlinghoven, P.O.Box 1240, D-5205 Sankt Augustin 1, FRGermany > "Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod." I've got a 386 with an Orchid Prodesigner II video card and skyglobe2 crashes when I press a key but only using the VGA option so I use the EGA option. Is it just certain video cards? Philip Smith, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, U.K. pjs1@uk.ac.ucl.mssl
reisert@mast.enet.dec.com (Jim Reisert) (03/26/91)
I have a Northgate 386 box with the ZyMOS "Poach" VGA chip set (Trident compatible, I think). SKYGLOBE froze on me when I tried to exit, after having tried several of the other commands. - Jim =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "The opinions expressed here in no way represent the views of Digital Equipment Corporation." James J. Reisert Internet: reisert@mast.enet.dec.com Digital Equipment Corp. UUCP: ...decwrl!mast.enet!reisert 146 Main Street Voice: 508-493-5293 Maynard, MA 01754 FAX: 508-493-????