You could try HimemX http://www.japheth.de/ and use the MAX switch to lower the amount of memory seen.

iirc it needed about 450k of conventional memory (type mem and look at largest executable program size)
and about 7000k of xms

I have replaced EMM386 and HIMEM with JemmEx as provided from Dosfreak's link, and added the Max= line to its entry in config.sys:

1DEVICE=C:\UTILS\JEMM\JEMMEX.EXE FASTBOOT I=B000-B7FF MAX=8192

Assuming, of course, that the MAX= parameter takes its argument in KB, I assigned it exactly 8 MB of expanded memory. Mem /C confirmed this. Yet the installer still complains that it needs 8 MB of RAM. Increasing Max to 16384 also didn't help, and assuming that the MAX= parameter takes its args in MB didn't work either (Mem /C reported 32 KB when I told it MAX=32).

This is a little bit confusing.

But what kind of RAM? XMS or EMS?

Will it install in DOSBox? If so, you could do the install there, and move the resulting installation over.

MiniMax wrote:

Will it install in DOSBox? If so, you could do the install there, and move the resulting installation over.

Not going to be easy; the Silver Machine is in no way connected to the network and in fact seems to have difficulty reading some burned discs, strangely enough. I'd have to floppy it over.

wildweasel wrote:

I have replaced EMM386

looks like you are providing ems memory not xms

try
DEVICE=C:\Windows\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\Windows\EMM386.EXE NOEMS

and also try (sorry i havnt done this for years i forget exactly)
DEVICE=C:\Windows\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB

thirdly try
DEVICE=C:\Windows\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,UMB
DEVICE=C:\Windows\EMM386.EXE 2048

type mem /c to see what type of memory you have

im sure one of the above 3 will work

wildweasel wrote:

I have replaced EMM386 and HIMEM with JemmEx as provided from Dosfreak's link, .

This is a little bit confusing.

dosfreak told you to download himemx not jemmex thats why its confusing

Try running Memmaker to free up conventional memory, and try the game again.

get rid of setver.
get rid of "/L:?,????" options in LOADHIGH and DEVICEHIGH statements.
LH and devicehigh are ineffective without available UMB/HMA.

try these setting:

msdos 7.10:

1DEVICEHIGH=\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /NUMHANDLES=128 /TESTMEM:OFF /Q
2DEVICEHIGH=\DOS\EMM386.EXE AUTO RAM NOEMS A=32 D=64 H=128

remove "NOEMS" if you need EMS.

japheth.de:

1DEVICEHIGH=\DOS\JEMMEX.EXE RAM NOEMS SB D=64 XMSHANDLES=128

no need for himem.sys and emm386.exe, jemmex does both jobs.