Friends,

Like many of you I struggled to get the Broderbund's CD game Myst
to operate under OS/2.  I traveled three online networks gleaning
advice from all of them.  After tinkering, I finally was able to
get Myst to run.  Later, another user who was experiencing the
same problem, tried what I had done, and he too was able to get
Myst to run.  Therefore, I have chosen to upload what has worked.
 
I am using OS/2 v.2.11, Vega motherboard, 486DX-33, 8 megs RAM,
HPFS 420 meg hard drive, Diamond Graphics, SVGA, all on a
homebrew system I built myself.  The soundcard is a SoundBlaster
16 MCD w/ASP, with a Mitsumi double-speed CD-ROM attached. 
 
I run Myst in a full screen Win-OS2 session.

1.  I deleted all my files in the Myst directory related to the
quicktime video.  That meant all files with the *.QTC extension. 
Apparently Myst is then intelligent enough to scope out my system
looking for the system's own inherent version.
 
2.  I REM'ed out the CPS.SYS driver from my CONFIG.SYS. 
Apparently this driver is incompatible with Win-OS2.
 
3.  When the program locks up at the beginning, with the
revolving Broderbund logo, I jiggle my mouse across the top of
the screen, occasionally clicking it.  As ludicrous as it sounds,
this actually works.
 
 4.  My object notebook settings were changed to -- 
     
          WIN_RUN_MODE=3.1 Enhanced Compatibility
          WIN_DDE=ON
          WIN_CLIPBOARD=ON
          DOS_FILES=100
          DOS_HIGH=ON
          DPMI_DOS_API=ENABLED
          DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT=128
          EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT=0
          IDLE_SECONDS=5
          IDLE_SENSITIVITY=95
          XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT=6144
 
          Everything else is default.
 
5.  In the SYSTEM.INI file for Win-OS2 change the parameter to
[This reportedly worked for many other users.  But when I
attempted this I lost all video in Myst.] --

           [timer.drv]
          TIMERMax386Res=30
          TIMERMax286Res=30

In the end, Myst DOES work under OS/2!  It is just a pain to make
it so.

Kevin Walker
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Internet: kwalker@david.wheaton.edu