Re: Running Doom1&2 on WIN98

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From: Grieve
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 05:59

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"Red" <red@black.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> I still have the 3.5" floppy disks of Doom and Doom 2. I installed
> them on my WIN 98 computer, but I have a problem: if I go into DOS
> mode, the sound card doesn't work. So I'm trying to run it in the
> MS-DOS prompt window inside Windows, but the game keeps trying to
> maximize the screen, then the screen goes black and freezes. Even if I
> set the DOS prompt to run minimized, it still tries to run it
> full-screen and freezes up.
>
> Anybody have any ideas?

Yes, use some updated Doom executable. There are plenty of them.
Try this:
http://legacy.newdoom.com/

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From: "Grieve" <xtoon@tacheles.de>
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Subject: Re: Running Doom1&2 on WIN98
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