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Re: Descent rocks!!

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From: Ad... Adam Williamson
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 09:04
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In article <3ekjna$p...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>
           dave...@superdec.uni.uiuc.edu "Dave" writes:

>         How is that possible?!  I have a 486DX/33 and it goes slower
> than all hell, but when I tested it a Parallax I played on P90's and on
> them it Rocked.  I see no way it could run like a 'dream' on a 386.
> That must be some 386!
>
> Dave
I have a 486DX33 which runs it perfectly well. I haven't seen it on a
Pentium, but I am satisfied with the performance - it is only slightly
slower than Doom ][! The 16 megs ram could have something to do with it,
tho...
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