Re: Descent rocks!!

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From: simen.timi... SIMEN TIMIAN THORE...
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 11:08

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In article <3efh4n$h...@panix3.panix.com> c...@panix.com () writes:
>From: c...@panix.com ()
>Subject: Re: Descent rocks!!
>Date: 4 Jan 1995 20:13:59 -0500

>Matt Bruce (ma...@perth.DIALix.oz.au) wrote:
>: You'll need both files. They are around 1.4Mb each.
>
>  Both files and a P90 to play it... Why does this game lag on a 486/66 and
>crawl on a 486/33???

It dosn't.
The game uses ca 15megs of data (sw version), so on my dx2/66 with 14 megs
free I have aprox 1meg of virtual drive, and the thing ROCKS!
The doc sais it's choppy on less than 50 MHz, and with less than 8megs.
So - you need more RAM, and no P90.
-Simen
Please disregard this .sig, as it is out of date and out of order.
-Simen.timi...@hiof.no

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