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Article #3533

Re: Windows 95 & OS/2 - Games

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From: Eugen... Eugen Woiwod
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 00:00
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In article <barryn.8...@BIX.com>, bar...@BIX.com (barryn on BIX)
writes:
>
> Msg-ID: <barryn.8...@BIX.com>
> References: <3t
> Posted: 22 Jul 95 21:36:11 GMT
>
> Org.  : Delphi Internet Services Corporation
>
> saro...@Direct.CA (Shaya Roudafshan) writes:
> :Windows 95 can do this... no problem.  If you have 4 megs o' ram, set
> :the program to run in DOS-MODE and it runs BETTER than it runs in dos
> :6.22 and below... cause it runs in dos 7.0.
>
> Eh? What's so wonderful about DOS 7? My budget for DOS upgrades went
> to zero years ago. Is there a single feature in DOS 7 I should be
> willing to spend money on?
>
> :For Windows 95... NO problem whatsoever.  Again... run in MS-DOS MODE
> :if you have 4 megs of ram.
>
> You mean -- close all my files; exit my apps; unload Win9x; then
> run the game? Tedious. I'm too impatient to go through all that work.
>
> OS/2 lets you run games in full-screen DOS sessions without closing
> files and apps. Concurrent access. Multi-tasking.
>
> Barry Nance
>   author of "Using OS/2 Warp", "Introduction to Networking",
>   "Client/Server LAN Programming", "Networking Windows for Workgroups",
>   and "Connecting with LAN Server". BYTE Magazine Contributing Editor.


DID anyone BY CHANCE notice this is a GAMES GROUP and not a STUPID W95 vs
OS/2 versus every other god damn OS in the world group? I COME here to read
about GAMES, not tons of msg's on W95 or OS/2!
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From: Eugen_...@mindlink.bc.ca (Eugen Woiwod)
Subject: Re: Windows 95 & OS/2 - Games
Date: 1995/07/22
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