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Dan C wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:15:23 +0000, EvilBill wrote:
>
>>> In case you've forgotten (and you snipped it from the previous
>>> posts), we are talking about ID games here, D3 and Q4.  They were
>>> specifically programmed to NOT work on W95/98/ME.  What other
>>> explanation could there be?
>
>> That Win95/98/ME blow big fat donkey dongs and always have?
>> Quite apart from the fact those OSs are older than the Brontosaurus.
>
> That's a dumb answer, and is not related to the point, anyway.
>
>> No-one accused id of being in bed with M$ when they stopped coding
>> for DOS and made Quake II Win95-only, did they?
>
> Perhaps because M$ made DOS too...?  Gee, you're not the brightest
> bulb in the pack, are ya?
>

M$ also made 95/98/ME, so id stopped coding for one set of Microsoft OSes in
2004 just like they did in 1997. It's easier to code something to support
one or two platforms than to support 4 or 5 especially considering the flaws
and instabilities in the Win9x series.
Hell, if memory serves, they're not even fully 32-bit. They're stuffed full
of old legacy 16-bit code. The NT/2000/XP codebase junked all of that.

>>> Nor am I, but the 2 games in question are pretty close to "today".
>>> Again, they were designed to NOT work on W95/98/ME.
>
>> Cause those OSs suck ass, are less stable than a politician's
>> 'truths' and id probably stopped using them 6 or 7 years ago.
>
> Another great explanation.  You're pretty smart.
> The fact remains that 98 is a better gaming platform than XP in many
> cases.

I've used every Microsoft OS since DOS 3.1 except WinME. I found it hard
enough to keep 95/98 working at all without reinstalling every month, let
alone run games on them well. Personally I've always found Windows 2000 to
be the most stable gaming platform, but XP comes a close second.
I might note here that I could never get sound or Internet to work on
Windows 95... but it works right out of the box on 2000 and XP. I think one
of the issues is not that id themselves code specifically for 2000/XP, but
that drivers for the older OSs are lacking or nonexistent for a lot of
modern hardware. Can you even get DirectX 9 for Windows 95?

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