MS-DOS CD-ROM, mouse and memory tutorial
In this video I will show how to install your CD-ROM and mouse drivers as well as configure your memory. The start-up menu together with all required drivers can be downloaded below. Simply copy them onto your C: drive and you're ready to go.
Old MS-DOS games require various memory configurations. I have tested many games over the years and this start-up menu will cover all situations. Some scenarios that this start-up menu will easily handle:
Just in case I have also added three more options in case you do not require, or have, a CD-ROM drive. This will free up some conventional memory as well when running the extended memory and conventional only memory options.
Old MS-DOS games require various memory configurations. I have tested many games over the years and this start-up menu will cover all situations. Some scenarios that this start-up menu will easily handle:
- Wing Commander or Wing Commander II > Select the first menu option for full graphics and sound
- Turrican II > Select the second menu option.
- Ultima VII > Select the third menu option.
Just in case I have also added three more options in case you do not require, or have, a CD-ROM drive. This will free up some conventional memory as well when running the extended memory and conventional only memory options.
Start-up files and drivers
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April 22 2020: Replaced Mousedriver with cutemouse20a4 for better compatibility.
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Contents of start-up files for copy and paste
CONFIG.SYS
[COMMON]
DOS=HIGH,UMB
FILES=30
BUFFERS=30
LASTDRIVE=H
[menu]
menuitem=EMC, Expanded memory + Mouse + CD-ROM
menuitem=XMC, Extended memory + Mouse + CD-ROM
menuitem=CMC, Conventional Memory only + Mouse + CD-ROM
menuitem=EM, Expanded memory + Mouse
menuitem=XM, Extended memory + Mouse
menuitem=CM, Conventional memory only + Mouse
menudefault=EMC,10
[EMC]
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRIVERS\VIDECDD.SYS /D:OPTICAL
[XMC]
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRIVERS\VIDECDD.SYS /D:OPTICAL
[CMC]
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRIVERS\VIDECDD.SYS /D:OPTICAL
[EM]
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM
[XM]
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF
[CM]
AUTOEXEC.BAT
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $p$g
PATH C:\DOS
SET TEMP=C:\DOS
LH C:\DRIVERS\CTMOUSE.EXE /R2
GoTo %config%
:EMC
:XMC
:CMC
LH C:\DOS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:OPTICAL
:EM
:XM
:CM
