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Re: OS/2 and Doom

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From: rrw... Richard Ward
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 20:54
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In article <2gh9vh$5...@tribune.usask.ca> lo...@herald.usask.ca (Kevin Lowey) writes:
>Just a couple of things.
>
>I'm using OS/2 2.1 on a 486/33. I have a Trident video card, and a
>SoundBlaster Pro card on IRQ10. I also have a Gravis joystick.
>
>I start the game up, it starts playing music, shows the introduction
>screen (the guy with the gun), then everything locks up. The music
>stops, and no keys I press do anything. I have to press "CTRL-ESC" to
>get back to the OS/2 desktop, then close the DOS session.
Try setting your SBPro interupt to 7 or lower, as I remember, DOOM (and a 
whole bunch of other games) does not like interupts greater than 7.

>- Kevin Lowey (Kevin...@USask.CA, Client Services Educational Services Team)
>
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