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From: skennedy@bconnex.net (Sean Kennedy)
Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.problems.pc
Subject: Re: almost-there frustration
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 22:39:27 -0500
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In article <6kfdbn$lev4@chuka.playstation.co.uk>, West <wb6ac> wrote:
> Elliott Lee <tenchi@netmagic.net> wrote:
> >I had similar frustrating problems like you do now, but this is how
> >I eventually ended up setting up my system:
> >  -  I copied (from the Yaroze PC CD-ROM) the "PSX" directory to
> >     "c:\programs\psx" and the GNU stuff to "c:\programs\gnu".
> >  -  I added to my AUTOEXEC.BAT file the DJSETUP.BAT by calling it:
> >       call c:\programs\psx\djsetup.bat

Edit for space.

> >
> >Jason Csesznegi wrote:
> >> Hello, I was just wondering if anyone could help me out with _finally_
> >> getting my Yaroze to work.  I have done some programming and stuff
> >> before, so hopefully this summer after all the setup is correct things
> >> will go smoother.
> >> 
> >> However, if I go to the directory it's in, "d:\yaroze\psx\bin\",
> >> (actaully I run it from windows) and execute SIOCONS, siocons loads fine
> >> and when I go to auto (F3) and try to run a sample game, which I think
> >> would work if I just type where the auto file is (ex.
> >> d:\yaroze\wrk\terra_b2\auto), it seems like it will load, and my TV
> >> screen says "Binary Data Transfer - BWR", but my computer screen says
> >> "Can't open "maketmd.dat"", "auto commands all stop".  I know that
> >> maketmd.dat is game data, why can't it open it?
> >> Also, what are all those funny siocons.his files?

OK, I have been using Intel boxes for quite a few years.

DJSETUP.BAT file issues a few "SET" parameters, and path statements.

To make my DOS machine faster I optimised the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT
using QEMM, but extern batch files would kill low memory, so I go into the
habit of adding things to these two file to optimise further.

In Windows 95 we have no need to do this. Except for GNU/PSX tools.

If you edit your CONFIG.SYS in Windows 95/98, you can add the
DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ANSI.SYS line into it to give you BBS type
graphics for SIOCONS.

And in your AUTOEXEC.BAT add the appropriate entry for the SIOCONS reference.

PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DOOM;C:\3DS4;D:\YAROZE\PSX\BIN;D:\YAROZE\GNU\BIN
and so on and so on.. till it works.

Then you can make a shortcut on the desktop, and use a PIF file to do the
environemt setup for SIOCONS.

-sean