Re: where can I get descent without buying it

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From: Stephen Johnson
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 18:03

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> I almost wish I *hadn't* bought it now ... Seems that the store-bought 
> version won't restore saved games or play back demos.  All I get is some 
> error message that it can't open file moon01.bbm
> 
> I'm on a 486 SX2/66 with 4MB RAM and a soundblaster 16.
> 
> (I bet the pyr8 version at least *works* ... :) )

Before you start criticizing the company and posting that their product 
doesn't work, take a little time to read the instructions.  It has 
already been stated here that this problem is caused by not having 
enough files available in your config.sys.

-Stephen

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From: Stephen Johnson <joh...@u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: where can I get descent without buying it
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 10:03:21 -0800
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