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Re: Pitfall 95 - OUT!

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From: fm... Frederick Y Mah
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 00:00
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rw...@panix.com (Russell Webb) writes:

>In article <420u7r$k...@dub-news-svc-1.compuserve.com>,
>Hank Leukart <ap...@cleveland.freenet.edu> wrote:
>>In article <95082612...@hq.com>, john....@hq.com (John Tracey) wrote:
>[Lost attribution wrote:]
>>>J-> They're really pushing the edge with these high quality releases.  What a
>>> -> tribute to WIndows.  NOT
>>>
>>>I think you'll change your mind once you've seen PitFall. :)
>>
>>	Agreed.  I myself admit that I was a Win 3.1 hater, but Windows 95 is 
>>going to be a great gaming O/S (as well as its other uses, of course).  If the 
>>speed, playability, and graphics of Pitfall are any indication: WOW. :)
>>-Hank

>Ditto.  I have had a long-time dislike of MS due to the lameness of DOS and 
>the inherent problems with Windows 3.x, but I'm fairly pleased by Windows 95
>and am impressed by Pitfall's speed, responsiveness, and graphics as well.

>--
>Russell Webb
>rw...@panix.com

After trying an MPEG viewer in DIB mode I noticed they had dramatically
improved the video access for Windows applications.  I think the AVIs
are a good example, usually they were not smooth on my machine but no
problem now.


-- 
Fred Mah  ---  fm...@ecn.purdue.edu                      Running Win95
http://widget.ecn.purdue.edu/~fmah                      Hasn't Crashed Yet...uh
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From: fm...@widget.ecn.purdue.edu (Frederick Y Mah)
Subject: Re: Pitfall 95 - OUT!
Date: 1995/08/30
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