🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: alt.games.descent
Article #88926

Re: Descent and DOS

#88926
From: Doug Cook
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 19:40
25 lines
2281 bytes
Thanks for the information - I'm now in the process of tweaking.  Just for
grins, I installed Duke3D to see how that would work and it works better
than Descent!  The detail levels and screen resolutions are the same.  Since
the DOS requirements are about the same for both games, I'm wondering why
one is more fluid than the other.  Just to rule out any hardware concerns,
can someone please tell me if the 2MB video ram I have is enough for a
nicely running D1 and D2.  The first time I got into D1/D2, my computer I
had a 4MB video card.  Thanks again.


"Doug Cook" <dcook@concentric.net> wrote in message
news:OI_Mb.189$l84.126150@news3.news.adelphia.net...
> Hi,
> I have 2 old Toshiba laptops, and I'd like to dedicate one to running old
> DOS games - mainly Descent 1 and 2.  The first laptop has a P100 and 40 MB
> ram.  The second has a P120 and 32 MB ram.  Which is more important,
> processor or memory?  I'm hoping that one or the other would be more than
> sufficient.  They both currently have Win98 installed.  Is Windows DOS
> workable, or should I install DOS 6?  Also, can someone please post the
most
> effective autoexec.bat and config.sys files for running descent.  I've
> forgotten more about DOS than I'll ever remember.  Thanks.
> Doug
>
>
Technical Details
Message-ID: <riBOb.868$b56.691360@news3.news.adelphia.net>
Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!internal1.nntp.ash.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ash.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!peer01.cox.net!cox.net!router2.news.adelphia.net!router3.news.adelphia.net!news3.news.adelphia.net.POSTED!not-for-mail
References: <OI_Mb.189$l84.126150@news3.news.adelphia.net>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!internal1.nntp.ash.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ash.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!peer01.cox.net!cox.net!router2.news.adelphia.net!router3.news.adelphia.net!news3.news.adelphia.net.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: "Doug Cook" <dcook@concentric.net>
Newsgroups: alt.games.descent
References: <OI_Mb.189$l84.126150@news3.news.adelphia.net>
Subject: Re: Descent and DOS
Lines: 27
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165
Message-ID: <riBOb.868$b56.691360@news3.news.adelphia.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 19:40:07 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.69.133.35
X-Complaints-To: abuse@adelphia.net
X-Trace: news3.news.adelphia.net 1074454807 68.69.133.35 (Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:40:07 EST)
NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:40:07 EST
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit