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As I understand it, the original Quake does not run under Windows 98 unless you
boot from DOS. It is the prime reason I have not upgraded yet!

Jon Yeager wrote:

> I just bought a new computer and now I can't get Quake or GLQuake to run.
> Both give me the following error : The first DOS window will load up a
> second window (with the rocky background texture) but only for a split
> second.  Almost immediately, that 2nd window disappears, leaving me with the
> first and nothing else (the one that calls qlaunch with the -mpath
> extension).  Nothing is on my windows toolbar, and nothing is on my
> desktop - except for this useless 1st window.
>
> (Typically, the first window would open up the 2nd, which would open up the
> 3rd in full screen size where the game is played.  That's when it worked.)
>
> My configuration is :
>
> - BX motherboard
> - Matrox Millennium G200 video card
> - Diamond Monster II (12 megs)
> - Soundblaster Live! sound card
> - 256 megs of RAM
> - P2/400mhz CPU
>
> Can anyone tell me why I can't run Quake with this setup?  I have the latest
> SBLive drivers (released 3 days ago) because someone told me he had problems
> with his using Quake 2.
>
> Note: I tried running it in DOS mode (without the Windows shortcut) and it
> does the same thing : hangs at the qlaunch/mpath command line).  And the
> exact same files (copy/pasted) work fine at the office.
>
> If this is a common problem, could someone send me the fix or instructions
> on how to rectify it?
>
> Thanks a million,
>
> JY