Im TRYING to run elite 2 on dos but it keeps saying i havnt got enough base memory. I checked the whole c/mem thing but i still dont understand how to increase my available base memory to run the game. can anyone tell me how i do this?If you're talking about the same game I FOUND, Frontier produced the following message:

Unable to run Frontier - no expanded memory (EMS) driver installed.
Frontier requires 768K of expanded memory, and an EMS driver installed.

(Refer to your computer's DOS and SYSTEM manuals for details of
how to install an expanded memory device driver).

The other game, BUD produced the following error:

The NTVDM has encountered an error.

Try configuring expanded memory with the EMM386 driver.

Of course if I found the wrong game, then nevermind. the error message is:
unable to run frontier - not enough free base memory available.
requires 580k free base memory (approx 594,000 bytes) to run

try removing all unnecissary device drivers, and loading DOS and all nessesary device drivers into high memory.

now i know that dos is in high memory cause i ran a c\mem command and it said so!!!! but it seems i only have 560 free conventional memory (i assume this is the same as base memory) and dont understand how i am supposed to free up more.This game requires 594K. You can check how much you have by running mem without any switches and checking the "Largest executable program size".

You may have to run a stripped down system without any drivers or use devicehigh= to load them into upper memory. You'll have to play around with your config.sys. Make sure you reboot after any changes.

Note: loading DOS high only throws some of DOS into the HMA. There is still a stub that needs to be in conventional memory.

Hope this helps.

PS. This must be one great game!but what are the various drivers?

elite 2 is a 1992 space ship simulator classic. it comes from the game elite on the spectrum and the amiga......its great but not by todays standards lolYou'll have to look in your CONFIG.SYS file. Any line starting with device= or devicehigh= are drivers. Also look in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file for any unnecessary programs. TSR (terminate-stay resident) programs might need to be ELIMINATED for your game session.

This becomes a game of Catch-22. In order to move programs around in memory you have to add HIMEM and EMM386 which of course take up more memory.

Just play around with these files until you can get that "Largest executable program size" number up to 594K (at least).

Good luck. i put my computer into safe mode in the end lol...but the game didint work entierly up to scratch...no sound and after a while the controls for the game went seriously wrong....hoping it was just down to me having comp in safe mode. thnks for ur help all the same
you need this >http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/amiga/

another great game is valllhalla......from www.vulcan.co.uk talks to you!