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Started by Speedster
Wed, 22 Jan 1997 00:00
can I run diablo from HD?
Author: Speedster
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 00:00
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I've been using diablo for awhile now. I have a 6x & a p166 with 32mb ram. Even with my system the lvl's still take a LONG time to load. I know Diablo is run primarily from the CD, and I guess my 6x isn't good enough.. but instead of buying a new Cd-rom drive, could I run Diablo from my hard drive?? any way to do this?, havn't tryed anything yet, and thought I'd post to see if ne1 has -thanks in advance -Speedster
Re: can I run diablo from HD?
Author: Nostromo
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:00
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You could try using Virtual CD from www.logicraft.com.
Re: can I run diablo from HD?
Author: Steven K. Lee
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:00
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Nostromo wrote: > > You could try using Virtual CD from www.logicraft.com. This may not be good as running Virtual CD, but I have gotten pretty good improvement using CD-ROM Caching utility. I can't remember the name of the shareware program (doh) but it allows you to use either RAM or Hard Disk space to cache your CD-ROM. So far it works great with 60 to 100 MB caching on hard disk. You should be able to find this in big PC archives such as www.cdrom.com or www.winsite.com
Re: can I run diablo from HD?
Author: Trevor E. Medvecky
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:00
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I've gotten it to work quite nicely using a program called VIRTUAL CD-ROM, check it out at www.logicraft.com You can download a shareware trial version. I've tried it and love it. Great for home networks as well. Gets around spawning issues. Speedster <li...@sprynet.com> wrote in article <01bc08ac$bdaf2320$18e4aec7@SPRY013490>... > > I've been using diablo for awhile now. I have a 6x & a p166 with 32mb ram. > Even with my system the lvl's still take a LONG time to load. I know Diablo > is run primarily from the CD, and I guess my 6x isn't good enough.. but > instead of buying a new Cd-rom drive, could I run Diablo from my hard > drive?? any way to do this?, havn't tryed anything yet, and thought I'd > post to see if ne1 has > > > -thanks in advance > > -Speedster > > > > >
Re: can I run diablo from HD?
Author: Crag
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 00:00
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"Trevor E. Medvecky" <medv...@iconn.net> wrote: >I've gotten it to work quite nicely using a program called VIRTUAL CD-ROM, >check it out at > >www.logicraft.com > >You can download a shareware trial version. I've tried it and love it. >Great for home networks as well. Gets around spawning issues. > These kinds of idiots piss me off. "spawning issue"?! What this moron really means is that a person could just use that virtual cd to copy the cd on to his friend's harddrive with the game still runnable so that his cheap friend doesn't have to buy the game. I mean, here in Canada, the game is only like 40 to 50 bucks, CHEAP! battle.net is free, what more do these fucking pirates want? games to go for 90 bucks apiece so that there is nobody to copy their stolen games from? I applaud blizzard in their pricing of the game, and as far as I know, even my cheapest theif friends are buying this game EVEN THOUGH they all have have virtual cd AND huge harrdrives.
Re: can I run diablo from HD?
Author: tvan... FIZBAN
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 00:00
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On 23 Jan 1997 14:56:45 GMT, "Trevor E. Medvecky" <medv...@iconn.net> wrote: >I've gotten it to work quite nicely using a program called VIRTUAL CD-ROM, >check it out at > >www.logicraft.com > >You can download a shareware trial version. I've tried it and love it. >Great for home networks as well. Gets around spawning issues. > > > >Speedster <li...@sprynet.com> wrote in article ><01bc08ac$bdaf2320$18e4aec7@SPRY013490>... >> >> I've been using diablo for awhile now. I have a 6x & a p166 with 32mb >ram. >> Even with my system the lvl's still take a LONG time to load. I know >Diablo >> is run primarily from the CD, and I guess my 6x isn't good enough.. but >> instead of buying a new Cd-rom drive, could I run Diablo from my hard >> drive?? any way to do this?, havn't tryed anything yet, and thought I'd >> post to see if ne1 has >> >> >> -thanks in advance >> >> -Speedster >> I am running Diablo from my Hard Drive and it flies!!!!! You need a program called "Virtual CD-rom" it's made by "logicraft" it makes a chunk of your HD look like a cd-rom drive to windows and it works great!!
Re: can I run diablo from HD?
Author: dav... David H. Lee
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 00:00
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Crag (crag...@hotmail.com) wrote: : I mean, here in Canada, the game is only like 40 to 50 bucks, CHEAP! : battle.net is free, what more do these fucking pirates want? games to go : for 90 bucks apiece so that there is nobody to copy their stolen games : from? : I applaud blizzard in their pricing of the game, and as far as I know, : even my cheapest theif friends are buying this game EVEN THOUGH they all : have have virtual cd AND huge harrdrives. Actually, I own a copy of the game, but I'm using a hacked up version anyways. Why? Because 1) the hacked up version runs about 200 percent faster -- literally. 2) I don't have to listen to those idiotic voices every time you go to Griswold, etc. You'd figure blizzard would at least include commands to turn off the voices and scroll the quest text faster ugh. Do people really read that *slooooooowly*?
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