My 1000EX works great with 6.22 and a 2GB CF; however, like back in the day, many games will not work with later versions of DOS. For example, Bubble Bobble has graphic glitches and freezes on the first screen. Playing with config.sys files and buffers helps, but the game will still crash after a few screens.
If I copy the game to a disk and boot with 2.11, it plays perfect.
2.11 that came with the EX always seemed to be the most efficient with memory. If I recall, 5.0 was also pretty good, but I don't have a boot disk for that. I do have 4.x but it's worse than 6.22.
So, is there a way to get Tandy 2.11 to recognize the xtide? I can boot off a floppy containing 4.x (using A or F8 at start) and C appears and works fine. C does not exist when booted with 2.11. I thought I'd be able to setup a CF card as a 32MB drive? Did Tandy leave out needed files?
Another option I'd like is 5.0, but I don't have it on disk. Has anyone devised a way to get a disk image onto the CF with a modern PC so it will autoboot? Normally I pop a new 2GB CF into my EX, boot 6.22 from a floppy, delete/recreate partition using FDISK and reformat and all is good. I can download images of 5.0, but I have no way to create a 360K floppy with them. I keep an '04 PC around that sort of transcends vintage to new, unfortunately its BIOS only supports 1.2mb 5¼ drives.
If I copy the game to a disk and boot with 2.11, it plays perfect.
2.11 that came with the EX always seemed to be the most efficient with memory. If I recall, 5.0 was also pretty good, but I don't have a boot disk for that. I do have 4.x but it's worse than 6.22.
So, is there a way to get Tandy 2.11 to recognize the xtide? I can boot off a floppy containing 4.x (using A or F8 at start) and C appears and works fine. C does not exist when booted with 2.11. I thought I'd be able to setup a CF card as a 32MB drive? Did Tandy leave out needed files?
Another option I'd like is 5.0, but I don't have it on disk. Has anyone devised a way to get a disk image onto the CF with a modern PC so it will autoboot? Normally I pop a new 2GB CF into my EX, boot 6.22 from a floppy, delete/recreate partition using FDISK and reformat and all is good. I can download images of 5.0, but I have no way to create a 360K floppy with them. I keep an '04 PC around that sort of transcends vintage to new, unfortunately its BIOS only supports 1.2mb 5¼ drives.