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Article #75661Re: Quake 1 question
From: CMC
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:40
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:40
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>This is just a wild guess. If you have a screen saver or power down set >for 15-20 minutes of being idle, it may not recognize that you're using >the computer when in DOS mode. I played Quake for years in DOS mode on >a Windows 95 PC, and that's the only thing I can think of that would >make it go black after 15 minutes. I, however,am not in DOS mode, I am running it on a DOS machine. Thanks for the thought though. I have played many games for longer that 15 minutes and not had this problem. Cheers, Colin
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