Re: OS/2 and Doom

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From: lo... Kevin Lowey
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 1994 19:59

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Kevin Lowey (lo...@herald.usask.ca) wrote:
: 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.

I received many replies about this. Thanks. It's working now.

The solution was to disable Joystick support. Once I did that, the
OS/2 settings in the README documentation worked.

Thanks to everyone who responded.

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

When buying clothes, I wear an extra medium.
  - Steven Wright

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From: lo...@herald.usask.ca (Kevin Lowey)
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Subject: Re: OS/2 and Doom
Date: 7 Jan 1994 19:59:51 GMT
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