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Chan Hoong Keong (hkc...@hkchan.pc.my) wrote:

>  > It probably just means that Magic Carpet is in Win95's database,
>  > try a game that is in OS/2's database, no setup needed.

>  How does this rumor about a game database in Win95 get started? Has anyone
>  seen and verified the existence of such database?

I think this is one of those rumors that just doesn't go away.  OS/2
has a database, but it is a little old, since OS/2 Warp was released
in November, and the database was probably last updated last summer.
Win95, however, does not have a database, or at least it doesn't
appear so.  If it does, it is pretty good.  In fact, that is the one
area that I prefer Win95 over OS/2.  Win95 will dynamically (how is
that for big, technobable words) set the settings when you run.  OS/2
is pretty dynamic too, but you have to tell it the maximum memory
settings, whether hardware timer is needed or not (it is for games and
multimedia), etc.  Win95 seems to be able to make most of those for
you.  There are only a few programs (usually games) that need any
tweaking.  Oh, and by the way.  I have been trying Win95 for a little
while now, and I can't figure out how to get Wing Commander or
Privateer to work.  Come to think of it, those are the only two games
I have tried that I can't get to work under OS/2 either.  I think the
culprit is that they both have some proprietary memory management, and
I don't think either Win95 or OS/2 will run them.  Just a guess.  Kind
of funny though, I can run both while multitasking under Linux (using
DosEmu).  Why is it that Linux can and Win95 and OS/2 can't?  Funny.  

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