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Article #17793Back in the Day Direct X RULED hehe Directx 3 "upsets" existing DOS mode games
From: Pierre Legrand
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:12
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:12
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The more things change the more they stay the same. >>>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 > Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand Flanker Target Grand Prix Legends Crash Test Dummy Rants, Bullshit and Help Guides availible at www.papadoc.net
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!cycny01.gnilink.net!hwmnpeer01.lga!news.highwinds-media.com!hw-filter.lga!newsfe19.lga.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: plegrand@screwspam.com (Pierre Legrand) Newsgroups: alt.games.wing-commander, aus.games, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim Subject: Back in the Day Direct X RULED hehe Directx 3 "upsets" existing DOS mode games Message-ID: <47eef6e3.50660140@news.east.cox.net> References: <01bc4912$3e2ff2e0$2568adce@crc3.concentric.net> <33524edf.990813@news.gabn.net> <01bc46e9$2e278f00$02551dcb@COMPUTER1> <33555055.5365121@news.bridge.net> <oMiczAPBBh107h@vci.com.au> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Lines: 32 NNTP-Posting-Host: 72.207.238.203 X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@cox.net X-Trace: newsfe19.lga 1206843148 72.207.238.203 (Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:12:28 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:12:28 MST Organization: Cox Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:12:31 GMT Bytes: 2320 X-Original-Bytes: 2277 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit