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Article #17774Re: Directx 3 "upsets" existing DOS mode games
From: pap...
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 00:00
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This idea works extremly well.. I used to have a dual boot to old 6.20 when the puter booted up I could press F4 and poof back to dos...but this set up works better...see the only thing I didnt like about doing an advanced properties on each game was that it was a pain in the ass...because you had to do it over and over for each game and so many ICONS laying around. Also as soon as you finished a game poof back to DOS...not doing it like Rob Kim suggested...one icon....one multi config set of config autoexec and when Im finished killing demons I can go a drive around Monza...I dont get kicked back to WinBlows. PAPA DOC >The DOS version of Win95 is just fine for games. There really is no >need for DOS6.22 if you have Win95. You do not run DOS games >in a DOS window. In some cases (like back to baghdad) you can >though. Rob Kim posted a great idea some time ago. Just make >a Win95 shortcut to COMMAND.COM. Then go to the section >where you specify the individual CONFIG.SYS & AUTOEXEC.BAT >and load your CDrom, mouse and soundcard stuff in those >sections. As well Soundblaster has a configuration manager for DOS that will install the correct lines in what ever config your running in DOS. So this is a big help and maybe now I wont completly ruin Creative Labs when I dive bomb them... I dont like the shortcut method since when your finished you get kicked back to Win95..but agreed its easy to do....the command.com is easier. PAPA DOC >You can also make a shortcut for each DOS game with >these startup files specified. Each time you run the game the computer >re-boots & runs everything needed for the game. This is the things >that you would normaly put in your DOS config.sys & autoexec. >When you are done you re-boot back to Win95. Simple with >some practice. > >As for DirectX 3 messing up DOS games... No way. Anyone >who thinks otherwise does not understand what is going on >with DOS/Win95. Period. Sorry to be blunt but that is how it >is. > >-- >Header address intentionaly scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. > > >gci...@concentric.net > > >> >>
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From: pap...@ix.netcom.com Subject: Re: Directx 3 "upsets" existing DOS mode games Date: 1997/04/15 Message-ID: <3353d3a7.3615982@nntp.ix.netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 234881135 References: <01bc46e9$2e278f00$02551dcb@COMPUTER1> <33524edf.990813@news.gabn.net> <01bc4912$3e2ff2e0$2568adce@crc3.concentric.net> Organization: Netcom X-NETCOM-Date: Tue Apr 15 12:23:17 AM CDT 1997 Newsgroups: alt.games.wing-commander,aus.games,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit