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Re: OMF under Win95? Help!

#5218
From: cy... Michel Lestrade
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 00:00
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Eugen Woiwod (Eugen_...@mindlink.bc.ca) wrote:
: In article <810617...@hkchan.pc.my>, hkc...@hkchan.pc.my (Chan Hoong
: Keong) writes:
: >
: > Msg-ID: <810617...@hkchan.pc.my>
: > References: <42llgm$9...@nntp.interaccess.com>
: > Posted: Sat, 09 Sep 95 03:27:42 GMT
: >
: > Org.  : None
: >
: >
: > In article <42llgm$9...@nntp.interaccess.com> sha...@interaccess.com
: > writes:
: >
: >  > Help!  Anyone out there care to share Win95 Properties settings to get
: >  > OMF:2097 to run?  I had it running, then tried to play 2 player and it
: >  > crapped out!  Since OMF uses the dos4gw extender, I tried the same
: >  > settings I use for other dos4gw games like Doom and Heretic.  It bombs
: >  > back to Windows right before the "pick your pilot" screen comes up.
: >
: > OMF 2097 before version 2 (with modem option) does not run in Win95
: > DOS session. Grab the latest patch to upgrade it to version 2 and it
: > will run fine.
: >
: > Or you can always drop back to "MS-DOS" mode.
: >


: Or if WIN95 allows this(I dont know of it does) but back to your OLD dos,
: e.g the dos you used before installing WIN95 :-)


That's strange. I ran it from the explorer without having to do anything 
else. The multi-tasking (alt-tab) didn't seem to work but that was no 
major problem.
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From: cy...@step.polymtl.ca (Michel Lestrade)
Subject: Re: OMF under Win95? Help!
Date: 1995/09/10
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