Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Chris Wallace" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Windows ME.... Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 07:54:19 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 48 Message-ID: <94radb$7e1@www.netyaroze-europe.com> References: <94q5j7$j542@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <94q99t$j543@www.netyaroze-europe.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: host62-7-53-143.btinternet.com X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 This was meant to go to the group i think. > Chris, > > I think siocons requires ANSI.SYS to be loaded in order to run properly. > Unfortunatelty WinME doesn't load it and there is no way for you to load it > through CONFIG.SYS anymore. As a workaround I downloaded the Codewarrior > update from the website and installed it. It is not the full version of > codewarrior but it did give me access to the PSCOmUtil which can be used > instead of Siocons. There's a slight problem though - no CodeWarrior > licence! I'm currently trying to purchase a copy but I'm not having much > lock finding anywhere to get it, so if anyone knows I'd appreciate it if you > could let me know. > > There is another alternative but it isn't pretty and WinME takes much longer > to boot up.There is a patch that can be downloaded that gives you back the > Win98 style dos bootup -> Config.sys, Autoexec.bat etc.Once you have run > this patch you can load ANSI.SYS et al. and hey presto all your legacy Dos > apps work again.Unless your me of course! In my case the machine becomes > hopelessly unstable, cough, splutters, chokes and then dies a horrible and > squealing death. Hence why I ended up doing it the other way. Hope this > helps > > Hugz, Pete > > PS: I'd rather not do it this way so if anyone knows of a working > alternative I'd appreciate it loads > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Wallace" > Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 10:29 PM > Subject: Re: Windows ME.... > > > > do = DOS > > :) > > > > > >