Sure do appreciate all the input and support. Will keep plugging away at this game and if and when I ever do resolve the two main issues - fast panning and disk changing problems will certainly post my resolution for others to see and perhaps use also.

Hi Y'all
Just popped in from the Twilight zone here in the Big D.
I've been bizarro busy the past few weeks and this is really the first time in almost a month that I've found sometime to go online.

Desertlilac:
It's very important that you make sure the you are not running this game in a "Window" it needs to be run "Maximized" to optimize the Vesa driver.

I also had the same problem with my cursor having ADD! ...I found that turbo worked the best for me at 25% speed. Make sure that you have your keyboard unloaded as well (if it is a preprogramable one). Accelerations should be set at 3 and 1 (video/audio)
You do need the patches as well.

As Always:
Inferno