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MaxThink running in Win98
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Posted by Gary Carson
Apr 6, 2012 at 10:53 PM
If the config file is in C:\Max, but MaxThink can’t find it, maybe you need to add the path C:\Max to autoexec.bat or config.sys or one of those system files. I can’t remember what system files Windows 98 used. All I can remember about 98 is that it was incredibly unstable.
Posted by Cassius
Apr 6, 2012 at 11:19 PM
no ho, did you create the pif (shortcut) file by
1) copying (CTRL-C) the Max.exe file and then
2) using the right-click contest menu, pasting its shortcut where you want it (e.g., the desktop}?
Then, when you right-click on the shortcut and choose Properties, you should see about 10 tabs. (At least there are 10 in Win XP.)
I think I said this worked for me with GrandView through Win 2000, but not very well in XP. It may that MaxThink is just too incompatible with what Microsoft pretends is DOS in later versions of Windows.
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no ho wrote:
>Thx Gary for ur efforts.
>
>The MT file is indeed a specific configurations file for
>MaxThink and the config92.mt file is currently in c:\Max which as best as I understand
>these things, is exactly where it should be.
>
>I dug out the old DOS MaxThink manuals
>and tried a few things mentioned re: what to add to autoexec.bat and config.sys but
>again, got the exact same error msg… can not find bla bla.
>
>BTW, Cassius, I tried
>setting up a PIF and got the same result.
>
>Thx again guys.
>
>Ugh,
>Norm
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Apr 8, 2012 at 04:55 PM
I assume that what you have written below includes a typing error (91 instead of 92 or vice versa); if it doesn’t, then it may be the answer to your problems. I.e. you should rename the file to what MaxThink is looking for.
no ho wrote:
>?FILE CONFIG91.MT not found program terminated_?
and
>The MT file is indeed a specific configurations file for
>MaxThink and the config92.mt file is currently in c:\Max which as best as I understand
>these things, is exactly where it should be.
I would also guess a possible issue with the PC’s clock. It is quite reasonable for the lithium battery to have been exhausted by now, and the PC clock being reset to a very old date, probably related to its year of manufacture. MaxThink may be programmed to look for a config9x.mt version related to the date.
Posted by Cassius
Apr 9, 2012 at 06:56 AM
Good possibility, Alex—I’d never have thought of it.
Another possibility: Was there a configuration file in MaxThink when it came out of the box, or did MaxThink create it when it was first run? If the latter, don’t delete the existing config file, just temporarily rename it (e.g., add the letter z to the front of the name) and see if MT will create a new config file.
Posted by Buckeye Marksman
Apr 23, 2012 at 07:11 PM
I’m having similar problems getting Max89 to run on Linux using dosemu. Max.exe exits with the following error message:
FILE c:\MAX\MESSAGES.MT not found program terminated
Anyone got a copy of the MESSAGES.MT file?
Thanks!