Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!biosci!agate!news.ossi.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!ulowell!wang!tegra!glen From: glen@tegra.com (Glen Osterhout) Subject: Re: MYST! Message-ID: Organization: Tegra-Varityper, Inc. Billerica, MA References: <766809628-0-27743@chop.isca.uiowa.edu> <2pa5k9$feg@hpscit.sc.hp.com> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 19:56:48 GMT Lines: 22 In article <2pa5k9$feg@hpscit.sc.hp.com> tongc@hpausa2.aus.hp.com (Tong Chia) writes: >In article , glen@tegra.com (Glen Osterhout) says: >[stuff deleted ] > >>I just picked up Myst last night; figured it would be a nice, no-fuss install >>since it runs under Windows. Surprise! It would not install. I have plenty >>of memory (8 meg), plenty of virtual memory for Windows (20 meg), ATI ultra pro >>videocard, GUS soundcard. Anybody else have this problem? > >You will need a 256 colour driver. MYST does palette animation >so a 256 colour is a must. > >Set devicebitmap=off in the [mach] section of win.ini >or [mach32] if you have a version earlier than 2.2 of >the video driver I finally reached Borland customer service, and they tell me the problem is caused by a bug in my Corel SCSI drivers. There is a patch for it on the Corel bbs, but I haven't had a chance to try it yet.