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re...@ix.netcom.com (Rich) wrote: 
 
>Not true. :)  Wing Commander III runs FASTER than with straight DOS 
>(which is a nice bonus), and runs flawlessly straight from the GUI 
>without rebooting with it's own configuration.  Same with Dark Forces 
>(Dark Forces will actually run IN a window). 
> 
 
How did you get Dark Forces to do that?  After Dark Forces finished 
loading, it went full-screen on me.  If I alt-entered the process,   
Windows 95 said it could not continue in windowed mode. 
 
I have detected the following bug in the Beta:  If you touch the   
DriveSpace parameters and do not compress your drive, you load the   
memory-piggy DoubleSpace drivers into low memory when going into MS-DOS   
compatibility mode.  There is no control in the MS-DOS mode setup to not   
load those drivers.  The only way around it I found was to remove the   
hidden DoubleSpace drivers from the top-level directory. 
 
All in all, I think I will stick with Win95 vis-a-vis Warp because: 
 
1. It gives me the network connectivity via the phone line I need for   
work.  (Less of an issue now that Warp Connect is out). 
 
2. It runs the 32-bit version of Microsoft Office. 
 
3. It does a passable job on games and allows me to load any incompatible   
real-mode drivers that I have.  I think both Warp and Win95 do a good job   
here.  So, if _all_ you do is games, Warp will probably be good enough   
because I think all the sound problems that Warp has curently will   
eventually be solved.   
 
4. I get true client-server remote e-mail.  
 
I don't think I am alone in that I use my home computer _both_ for games   
and telecommuting.  Win95 does a superior job of dealing with   
requirements for both of these uses of my home computer. 
 
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