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Re: Windows 95 & OS/2 - Games

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From: rno...
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 00:00
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In <Kuzma.115...@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu>, Ku...@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Cyber Ice) writes:
>Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 18:59:05 GMT
>
>In article <3vchk5$n...@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> x...@ix.netcom.com (Ken) writes:
>>From: x...@ix.netcom.com (Ken)
>>Subject: Re: Windows 95 & OS/2 - Games
>>Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 08:45:05 GMT
>
>>bar...@BIX.com (barryn on BIX) wrote:
>
>
>
>>>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.
>
>>        As does Win95 .. you know, for a technical author I would expect you
>>to have at least a passing familiarity with this stuff.
>
>>        It is not uncommon around here to run net Descent games ull scree
>>while software transfers or compiles are happening.
>
>>        Full screen dos, concurrent processing on both 16 and 32 bit software.
>
>you can even do it in a window instead of full screen. try that with WARP! :)

Huh?  I've had Descent running in a windowed Dos session in Warp.. :)

Rick Orwig

Team OS/2
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Subject: Re: Windows 95 & OS/2 - Games
Date: 1995/08/02
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