Windows 95 installation for Harpoon II

There seems to be a lot of problems with users getting 
Harpoon II to run under Windows 95. I have run the 
program ever since Win95 came out with no problems, if 
fact I was running it with the Beta version before it was 
released for sale.  The problem most people have is trying to 
run the program in the Win95 mode(this includes going to 
the MSDOS prompt in the start menu). When  360 designed 
the program they used a non standard DOS extender to get 
beyond the 640k memory limit that is inherent in DOS. The 
DOS extender they used is not compatible with Windows or 
Windows 95 and will not run under either. This is why you 
will crash if you try and run the program in Windows or 
Win95. 

In Win95 you must shell out to DOS 7.0 run the program 
and then reload Win95 when you are finished. This sounds 
complex but if done correctly Win95 will take care of 
everything for you. Here is the method I use to 
get it run:

Load Harpoon2 on your hard disk(I recommend you do this 
rather than trying to run it off the CD because of the speed). 
Click on the My Computer Icon and then find the drive and 
directory that Harpoon2.exe is located in. Find the file 
Harpoon2.exe and right click your mouse on it. From the 
pop up menu select create a shortcut. Drag the shortcut onto 
your desktop. 

Now point your mouse at the shortcut you just created and 
right click on it. Another pop up menu will appear, click on 
properties. A large screen will now pop up with folders 
across the top. Select program from the menus at the top. 
When the program menu comes up select advanced down 
near the bottom. When the Advanced Program menu 
appears point at the MSDOS Mode block and click. You 
now must enter in your Config.sys and Autoexec.bat files 
for Harpoon II in the areas down at the bottom of the screen 
for them.

Your Config.sys must contain the following:

(If you want to run Smartdrv put c:\windows\himem.sys 
here)
files=40
buffers=40
stacks=0,0
(put any drivers you need for your CD, sound  and video 
cards here)

Your Autoexec.bat must contain the following:
(Whatever drive and directory contains your mouse driver 
and the file mouse.com for example here is mine)
c:\mouse\mouse.com
(Yours may be different if your mouse driver is not on drive 
C: or is not in the mouse directory.)
(You !!!MUST!!! have a mouse driver or Harpoon II will not 
run. If you cannot find the file mouse.com on your disk, get 
an old copy of DOS and copy the mouse.com file to your 
hard disk  I have done this for several people and it works 
just fine.)
(If you want to run Smartdrv put c:\windows\smartdrv here.)
(Put any drivers you need for your CD, sound and video 
cards here.)

!!!DO NOT!!! put any thing else in the config.sys or 
autoexec.bat file than above or the program !!!WILL!!! crash 
on you.

Saul H. Jacobs
sjacobs@primenet.com
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