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Oooh, this is getting soooo frustrating...

"Alyce Addertongue" <no.reply@all.com> wrote in message 
news:462660b5$0$24744$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> Thanks, I'll try those sites.
>
> On my Dell, the video runs (off the CD) but after the first 
> bot-description segment, the CD doesn't hand off to the game properly - 
> the screen goes black and I eventually have to use TaskManager to kill the 
> app.  I don't have this problem on the other older machine.  Anyone have a 
> suggestion on how to tweak this?  I have the rest of the game - without 
> videos - installed on the HD, and didn't have any (obvious) problems with 
> the install...
>
> ~AA
>
> "rms" <rsquiresREMOVE@REMOVEflash.net> wrote in message 
> news:xP3Vh.17222$Um6.1678@newssvr12.news.prodigy.net...
>>> A) are there any copies of the original Descent (D1?) still lying 
>>> around?
>>
>>    There are many copies of D1+D2 on ebay for a few dollars.  You still 
>> need the retail disks since they have the artwork and level files.  The 
>> actual .exe has been rewritten by the fan base to run on today's 
>> machines. There are more than one of these re-compilation projects.
>>
>>> B) has anyone tried to run D1 on an XP machine?  D2 runs fine on my HP 
>>> cheapie, but has some issues on my Dell dual-core machine.
>>
>>    http://www.descent2.de/
>>    http://www.dxx-rebirth.de/main.php
>>
>> Both should play D1 as well as D2, you can try them both.  Dual-core 
>> issues are usually solved by disabling the 2nd core with a utility, or 
>> setting the 'cpu affinity' with task manager.
>>
>> rms
>>
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