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Old 09-08-2015, 06:22 AM   #1
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Hello All.... Is anyone running Val 4 or Speculator through Dosbox on a Windows 8 or Windows 10 machine? I keep getting dos error 2. Thanks for any help.
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Old 09-08-2015, 11:45 AM   #2
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HI,
Try extracting the Trackmaster data file to Val 4 folder yourself with a File archiver
program,I think the error is related to reading the trackmast folder.you may need to
load dos box twice,for val 4 to read the files,It works with win 7,so all your doing is putting the race card where it needs to go.
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Old 09-08-2015, 02:16 PM   #3
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Thanks for the reply Peteman.... I tried that and many other things. The racefile list shows up when I open Speculator but when I try to open a selected date the file has no content, only headers... I ran it on Win7 also but now I have Win8 and Win10 and I'm of the opinion at this point that they will not run on those operating systems.
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Old 09-08-2015, 02:35 PM   #4
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HI Gentz,

You are correct I rechecked it,no luck I think I had the race file in Val 4 folder
already so I thought that it worked.so my dos box just loaded the file
that was in my folder.I don't use dos box often.Sorry for the bad info.

It will work on xp mode and on some win 7 machines.
So maybe virtual box?

I think you are right and it will not work with dos box at all.

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Old 09-09-2015, 06:05 AM   #5
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Gents Have you tried running Val 4 or Spec without DosBox
My next book tablet/laptop with windows 8.1
Runs val4 right from a desktop icon
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Old 09-09-2015, 06:32 AM   #6
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Hi Bill..... I have tried it to no avail. I had a netbook with windows 7 that ran it without Dosbox but it was a 32 bit system.
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Old 09-09-2015, 11:48 AM   #7
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Yes I also have an Asus netbook with windows 7 and val4 works on it fine
I guess in this case the less expensive the computer.the better to use val 4 or Spec
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Old 09-09-2015, 02:13 PM   #8
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Gentz,

Have you tried putting "C:\Trkmast" folder inside the C:\Val4 folder? It works in my Win 8.1 machine. When you run Val4,Dosbox looks inside the C:\Val4 folder for the C:\Trkmast folder(which is inside Val4) and everything runs okay.

Hope it works in your machine.

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Old 09-09-2015, 04:14 PM   #9
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If you don't know how to do this.Here's the procedure:
Go to "C:\Val4"...Type "MD TRKMAST"...This creates a subdirectory of C:\Trkmast inside C:\Val4.
When you run Dosbox: " Mount C C:\VAL4"
" C: "
" Val4 "

Hope this works.

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Old 09-10-2015, 12:26 PM   #10
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Thanks for the reply Ray... The problem I have is Speculator can't open the files. I put the track master folder in the Speculator folder and it finds the files but it can't open them correctly. Dos error 2... Why did you type MD Trackmaster.. What does the MD mean?
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