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In article <1tpil6$n...@sun.Panix.Com> ind...@panix.com (William Che) writes:
> 
>   I'm just wondering if it's possible to run Ultima 7.5 from within OS/2?
> I'm not an OS/2 user, but I have a copy of Ultima 7.5 that's been collecting
> dust since I brought it.  I have stacker loaded, therefore, I have to
> install Ultima 7.5 in the unstacked drive.  <- I tried using LastByte, but
> U7.5 kicks me back to DOS with some weird error message.  Anyway, I'm
> thinking of upgrading to OS/2 (MAYBE) when the OS/2 version of Stacker and
> version 2.1 of OS/2 comes out.  That's why I'm curious about the
> compatability of Ultima 7.5 and OS/2.   :)
> 

Sorry, but since Ultima 7 and 7.5 use the Voodoo memory manager to place the  
machine in the semi-documented "big-real" mode, it will not work under OS/2 at  
all.  BTW, it won't work w/ NT, NeXT Step, UnixWare, et al.  Anything that  
virtualizes the hardare interface and you're out of luck.

Also, I _really_ suggest geting rid of Stacker, esp. if you're running DOS 6.0  
or any disk cache program w/ lazy write enabled.  One bad cluster, and.....

--Neuromancer

In <1tqu7d...@news.u.washington.edu> neu...@u.washington.edu (Neuromancer) writes:

>Sorry, but since Ultima 7 and 7.5 use the Voodoo memory manager to place the  
>machine in the semi-documented "big-real" mode, it will not work under OS/2 at  
>all.  BTW, it won't work w/ NT, NeXT Step, UnixWare, et al.  Anything that  
>virtualizes the hardare interface and you're out of luck.

    Bogus!  :(

>Also, I _really_ suggest geting rid of Stacker, esp. if you're running DOS 6.0  
>or any disk cache program w/ lazy write enabled.  One bad cluster, and.....

    I can't get rid of my Stacker.  I don't have a real job, therefore, I
can't affort a 1GB hard drive (yeah, go ahead and flame me for it.  :)  I'm
running low on disk space as it is with all my Windoze stuff.  I can't get
rid of them because I need them to do reports and stuff.  I tried getting
rid of some games that I got tired of playing, but I still don't have enough
space to unstack my HD. Guess I'm stuck with Stacker until I can affort a
REAL HD.  BTW, I've only a 240MB Seagate.  
    Yeah, I used to use the Ncache from NU6, and I had the write cache
ena  enabled.  I get a few bad sectors every once in a while until, oneday,
I finally figure out that it's ncache's write cache that's causing it.  I
had to live without it until I got my upgrade to NU7.  The write cache is
turn on, and I haven't got any bad sectors since.  (I've been using it for
about 2-3 weeks I think.)  
    Question:  Why do you suggest me to get rid of stacker if I'm running
DOS 6?  Is it because you feel that DoubleSpace is better?  I'm just
curious.  Personally, I don't think that highly about Doublespace.  I hated
it, just like all the utilities that comes with Dos6.  The only reason I'm
using DOS6 is because I got it free from buying Norton Desktop 2.2  :)

>--Neuromancer

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In <1tqu7d...@news.u.washington.edu> neu...@u.washington.edu (Neuromancer) writes:

>Sorry, but since Ultima 7 and 7.5 use the Voodoo memory manager to place the  
>machine in the semi-documented "big-real" mode, it will not work under OS/2 at  
>all.  BTW, it won't work w/ NT, NeXT Step, UnixWare, et al.  Anything that  
>virtualizes the hardare interface and you're out of luck.

    Bogus!  :(

>Also, I _really_ suggest geting rid of Stacker, esp. if you're running DOS 6.0  
>or any disk cache program w/ lazy write enabled.  One bad cluster, and.....

    I can't get rid of my Stacker.  I don't have a real job, therefore, I
can't affort a 1GB hard drive (yeah, go ahead and flame me for it.  :)  I'm
running low on disk space as it is with all my Windoze stuff.  I can't get
rid of them because I need them to do reports and stuff.  I tried getting
rid of some games that I got tired of playing, but I still don't have enough
space to unstack my HD. Guess I'm stuck with Stacker until I can affort a
REAL HD.  BTW, I've only a 240MB Seagate.  
    Yeah, I used to use the Ncache from NU6, and I had the write cache
ena  enabled.  I get a few bad sectors every once in a while until, oneday,
I finally figure out that it's ncache's write cache that's causing it.  I
had to live without it until I got my upgrade to NU7.  The write cache is
turn on, and I haven't got any bad sectors since.  (I've been using it for
about 2-3 weeks I think.)  
    Question:  Why do you suggest me to get rid of stacker if I'm running
DOS 6?  Is it because you feel that DoubleSpace is better?  I'm just
curious.  Personally, I don't think that highly about Doublespace.  I hated
it, just like all the utilities that comes with Dos6.  The only reason I'm
using DOS6 is because I got it free from buying Norton Desktop 2.2  :)

>--Neuromancer

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William Che     .    *       ________________ _      .    ____      *
wc...@vm.poly.edu   .     .  <-_______________|*) .  ___==/    \==___
ind...@panix.com    . *     ~.      *   | |  ~  --==================--
   .    *     *                 .      . | |  *  /  ^/  --=====--
    .     .     .         .        ______|_|____/___/     .        .
  .   *  .       *   .      ()   . ==__        ....^T/_      .
      .      .      .*      .    .  *  --___________|\~  .     *.    .
  .              .        .   *    .            .        *     .   
     "Speed of Darkness: slower or faster than speed of light?"
                        - Laurie Anderson