Just to correct you.. :-)
The correct way to do that should be:
C:\> cd\maxis
C:\MAXIS> simearth.bat

pwd didnt exist in dos... :-)
It did take me a while to learn that I should have a <space> between the cd and \dir when I went to the unix-side of things.. :-)

Ahh, remember those days like yesterday, dos 6.22, qemm, desqview, frontdoor, ra...

/Fredrik