Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Hi all,

There is a compatibility mode that you can use to run older programs 
like EDE under Windows XP..

Here is how:

1. Open Windows Explorer, and locate the the EDE program file 
(the .exe file the starts the program)

2. Point your mouse at the file and RIGHT click the mouse.

3. Click on PROPERTIES, a window will come up.

4. Click on the COMPATIBILITY tab in that window.

5. you will see a box called "compatibility mode" Click on the check 
box that says "run this program in compatibility mode for: "

6. AFter clicking that checkbox, right beneath it will be a drop 
list that will offer " Windows 95, Windows 98, NT, 2000"

7. I suggest setting it to windows 95

8. Click on OK at the bottom.

9.  After clicking on OK, go and doubleclick on the program in 
Windows Explorer.  It will now run in a windows 95 environment.

Try it and let me know if it works for you !

You can use this for any older programs that are not compatible with 
Windows XP

FYI

Rich G.
NJ









--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, Steve Wahl <steve@p...> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 10:26:40PM -0700, rich grey wrote:
> > 
> > I think there is only 2.1/2.0 o.s....now i needed a win 98 box to
> > make the disks....
> 
> If you, or anyone who's trying to use EDE with a newer OS that 
doesn't
> support direct access to the floppy (i.e. Windows XP), and you 
have a
> computer you can boot from floppy, I have a solution for you.  You
> have to trust that I'm a good guy and not spreading viruses, of
> course.  I recommend you virus-scan it thorougly, because although 
I
> know you can trust me, you don't!
> 
> (You need two floppies: a 1.44M High density one to hold freedos,
> EDE.EXE, and the disk image you're trying to extract; and a 720K 
low
> density one to extract the disk image to.)
> 
> Here's a portion of what I wrote on Thu, 9 Oct 2003 13:11:37 -0500:
> 
> > OK, here's how it can be done:  I put together a version of 
freedos
> > for anyone who needs it.  http://www2.pro-
ns.net/~steve/fdvfx.zip.
> > It makes a floppy-bootable version of freedos that starts up 
with a
> > ramdisk.  After extracting the archive, make a floppy with it
> > (install.bat does this for you), then copy EDE.EXE and whatever 
vfx
> > disk image you want to use on the floppy.  Boot from the floppy, 
pause
> > and reflect how slow floppies feel in the modern day, and when 
you get
> > the Z:\> prompt, run ede.  (I pretty much successfully tested 
this
> > process myself).
> > 
> > Anybody providing disk images is welcome to make a copy of this 
for
> > their own distribution.  Heck, anybody NOT providing disk images 
is
> > welcome as well...
> > 
> > And, by the way, I don't use DOS or Freedos or anything like 
that on a
> > regular basis.  I don't prefer or recommend freedos over any 
other
> > options, except that I could create this and distribute it to 
the rest
> > of you without any license problems.
> 
> --> Steve