🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Thread View: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
3 messages
3 total messages Started by Eugen... Eugen Woiwod Sat, 22 Jul 1995 00:00
Re: Windows 95 & OS/2 - Games
#3533
Author: Eugen... Eugen Woiwod
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 00:00
36 lines
1834 bytes
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!
Re: Windows 95 & OS/2 - Games
#3534
Author: bs... Jonathan M. Wade
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 00:00
16 lines
1054 bytes
Eugen Woiwod (Eugen_...@mindlink.bc.ca) writes:
> 
> 
> 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!
> 
Speak on brother !!!

Spunky


--
~      Johny or Spunky can be reached at: bs...@Freenet.carleton.ca       ~
~      From Monitor (Ottawa's best comp. mag.):                           ~
~      " Failure: Can not find keyboard....Press F1 to continue.          ~
Re: Windows 95 & OS/2 - Games
#3536
Author: li... linda kay summers
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 1995 00:00
6 lines
746 bytes
: 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!

at least they where talking bout running games on different systems, and
that might be important to someone... 
Thread Navigation

This is a paginated view of messages in the thread with full content displayed inline.

Messages are displayed in chronological order, with the original post highlighted in green.

Use pagination controls to navigate through all messages in large threads.

Back to All Threads