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Re: Directx 3 "upsets" existing DOS mode games

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From: ch... Chris Rogers
Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 00:00
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>>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

Well, not usually, but there *ARE* times when it is helpful to get
back to old DOS. I have 2 Pentiums at home, and have found that on
one of them, Duke3D runs much smoother under old DOS. There are
also other games that will not run under anything BUT old DOS/WINDOWS.

>>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.

hmm..... I am sorry but my newsserver has not got the start of this
thread - hence I have missed the DirectX connection.
But as far as DOS 6.22 is concerned, I hate to be just as blunt,
but anyone who says that OLD DOS is NEVER needed just has no
clues at all either.

$0.02

Chris
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Date: 1997/05/08
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