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Re: Win95 and games: good news...

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From: D...
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 00:00
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>  I have not found any compatibility problems with this DOS and 
> >any of the games I've run under it (PAW, FD, AW, Privateer, SC, AF,
> etc), 
> >so far. 
> >
> >I still use QEMM 6.02 (last version not riddled with bugs!!) and
> Smartdrv 
> >caching (works great for me), they seem to work great too.
> 
> Yeah, but how do they work in protected mode 32 bit games like WC3, DF
> et all. I have heard that there will be problems. True?
> 
> 
> I actually am curious.
> -- 

I was able to play Dark Forces in a DOS VM without a hitch, and ALT-TAB worked 
perfect if I wanted to pop out temporarily...hardly any speed hit either...
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