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Terry Evans (tev...@unislc.slc.unisys.com) wrote:
:   I am curious as to whether there will ever be a non-DOS port of Descent.
: I asked sup...@interplay.com, but never received an answer (I also
: sent them other questions and never received answers also).

:   I would be willing to make a level editor running under X on Linux, but
: I am not willing to reboot the machine to try and test the level out.

I don't think there will be prots for X or Linux.

We are working on ports for Macintosh, Playstation and Saturn.

Mike Kulas
Parallax Software

oham...@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (hammersmith otto j) writes:

> In article <3l34f2$n...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> bdow...@prairienet.org (Brian C. Downing) writes:
> >
> >PLEASE!!  The Linux port of DOOM was the best thing that ever happened
> >to it!  Just about the only reason I boot my computer into DOS is to play
> >Descent, and it would be _GREAT_ to avoid that!
> >

> 	Has anyone out there tried Descent under dosemu?  I would,
> 'cept I don't have the drive space and only 4 Meg of ram. :( Descent
> runs slowly enough as it is... 
> -- 
> 					-Otto.

I haven't seen any of the DOS4GW apps run under dosemu.
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In article <3l42nm$b...@news.utdallas.edu>,
Casey C Zacek <ca...@utdallas.edu> wrote:
>oham...@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (hammersmith otto j) writes:
>> In article <3l34f2$n...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> bdow...@prairienet.org (Brian C. Downing) writes:
>> >
>> >PLEASE!!  The Linux port of DOOM was the best thing that ever happened
>> >to it!  Just about the only reason I boot my computer into DOS is to play
>> >Descent, and it would be _GREAT_ to avoid that!
>> >
>> 	Has anyone out there tried Descent under dosemu?  I would,
>> 'cept I don't have the drive space and only 4 Meg of ram. :( Descent
>> runs slowly enough as it is... 
>> 					-Otto.
>
>I haven't seen any of the DOS4GW apps run under dosemu.

Most of the DOS4GW games have been working since dosemu0.53.48. 
They're due to release 0.60 on April 1st (supposedly stable release).
Among other things, the docs with 0.53.54 state:

  - Runs several 32-bit DPMI-compilant video games, including DOS/4GW,
     at the Linux console.  A partial list of successfully tested games 
     includes DOOM2, Heretic, Descent, MK2, OMF2097, ROTT, and WarCraft!

I've been able to get it to start, but it's pretty slow, and I've had 
some problems with keyboard control (on a 486-33 with 8 MB) as well
as frequent lockups. According to the EMUsuccess.txt file, 
xp...@sun.felk.cvut.cz has been able to get it to work since 0.53.49, 
so this would probably be the best person to contact.

BTW, dosemu's official site is at tsx-11.mit.edu in 
/pub/linux/ALPHA/dosemu, with the really unstable versions in the 
Development directory. 

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> > In article <3l34f2$n...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> bdow...@prairienet.org (Brian C. Downing) writes:
> > >
> > >PLEASE!!  The Linux port of DOOM was the best thing that ever happened
> > >to it!  Just about the only reason I boot my computer into DOS is to play
> > >Descent, and it would be _GREAT_ to avoid that!
> > >

If you want a Linux port of Descent, please write to
sup...@interplay.com or use their website (http://www.interplay.com)
to post a suggestion. I'm thinking the more requests they get, the
more likely they'll do it. And I'd really like to see it happen too.

			Ethan Shayne
			esh...@ibm.net

In article <3l34f2$n...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, bdow...@prairienet.org (Brian C. Downing) writes:

> PLEASE!!  The Linux port of DOOM was the best thing that ever happened
> to it!  Just about the only reason I boot my computer into DOS is to play
> Descent, and it would be _GREAT_ to avoid that!

> Sorry... but I think a Linux port would be for a better cause than a 
> Mac or Console port. :)

Except, of course, that it wouldn't sell any more copies.  As your
example clearly indicates, anybody willing to buy Descent is going to
be willing to spend a minute rebooting their Intel machine into DOS to
play it.  A Mac port, on the other hand, will actually reach a new
audience; kudos to Parallax for doing one.

Joev                            <URL:"http://www.math.harvard.edu/~joev/">

  "Hello there, goose-stepping pig-boy!  Is that a box of donuts in your
   pocket, or are you just thinking about beating your wife?"
	  -- Doug Gray, Eye of Mongombo 7

Ethan Shayne (esh...@ibm.net) wrote:
: If you want a Linux port of Descent, please write to
: sup...@interplay.com or use their website (http://www.interplay.com)
: to post a suggestion. I'm thinking the more requests they get, the
: more likely they'll do it. And I'd really like to see it happen too.

I don't think that this do will much good.  It has been stated by Parallax
that a linux port is highly unlikely at this point.  The reason -- $$$.
It really boils down to simple ecomonics in terms of expenditures versus
returns.

--
-Mark Allender
-Parallax Software
-alle...@prairienet.org

In article <DUBACH1.95...@fas.harvard.edu>,
Joev Dubach <dub...@fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
>In article <3l34f2$n...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, bdow...@prairienet.org (Brian C. Downing) writes:
>
>> PLEASE!!  The Linux port of DOOM was the best thing that ever happened
>> to it!  Just about the only reason I boot my computer into DOS is to play
>> Descent, and it would be _GREAT_ to avoid that!
>Except, of course, that it wouldn't sell any more copies.  As your
>example clearly indicates, anybody willing to buy Descent is going to
>be willing to spend a minute rebooting their Intel machine into DOS to
>play it.  A Mac port, on the other hand, will actually reach a new
>audience; kudos to Parallax for doing one.
>

I have to disagree here.  I know more than a few people who won't even go
near dos!  I would love to see a Linux Descent!  Then I would be able to 
play over the net!! :-)  There are many people who would buy a linux descent
but who would not bother for a dos version!

Nicole


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  > > 	Has anyone out there tried Descent under dosemu?

After my original post, I decided to try it.  Descent under Dosemu on my
DX4/100 is about as fast as running it under DOS on my DX2/66 system.

Not only does Descent run, but so does DOOM, DOOMII and Heretic.  As well
as the Watcom 10.0a compiler, but not the linker (dang!).

However, don't try to run Descent on a DX2/66 under Dosemu.  It is way slow!

Terry Evans
tev...@cs.utah.edu

p.s. I was using the lastest version of Dosemu that I could find on
ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/dosemu/Development (or something like
that).

alle...@prairienet.org (Mark W. Allender) wrote:
> I don't think that this do will much good.  It has been stated by Parallax
> that a linux port is highly unlikely at this point.  The reason -- $$$.
> It really boils down to simple ecomonics in terms of expenditures versus
> returns.
> --
> -Mark Allender
> -Parallax Software

Yes, but if enough people write in saying that they would buy a Linux
version, won't that indicate that it would be economically feasible?

		Ethan Shayne
		esh...@ibm.net