Re: Really old Descent

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From: Alyce Addertongue
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:27

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"rms" <rsquiresREMOVE@REMOVEflash.net> wrote in message 
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>
>    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.
>
What I found was quite a few copies of Descent for Playstation - none for 
DOS. ( I hadn't realized it had been redone for PS)

~AA
>> 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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