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Article #182Re: Win95 and games: good news...
From: ph...
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 00:00
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 00:00
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In <3n0rvg$13...@bubba.ucc.okstate.edu>, ro...@wentz1.reslife.okstate.edu (root) writes: a>In article <Pine.CVX.3.91.950418...@gibbs.oit.unc.edu>, a>jma...@gibbs.oit.unc.edu says... a> a>>Perhaps you can answer a question for me. As I understand it, the a>>settings you refer to in Win95 apply system-wide, is that the case? To a>>me, that seems like an unacceptable limitation. With OS/2, I can a>>tailor the settings for each program individually. a>> a>>Now, let's say that I want to run a DOS game that likes FILES=50. In a>>OS/2, I simply change the game's settings to boost the files for that a>>session -- then, whenever I run the game, it uses FILES=50 and then drops a>>back to my system default (FILES=20) when I exit the game. Why should I a>>penalize all my other tasks just for the sake of that one program by a>>increasing my system-wide FILES statement? How does Win95 handle this a>>example? From what I understand, it would require that I use FILES=50 a>>system-wide or reboot into another configuration -- is that correct? If a>>so, it doesn't seem like much of an improvement over what many people a>>currently do in DOS. a> a>Nope sorry wrong. Quit wasting bandwith with something you admit to a>knowing absolutely nothing about. a> a>Thanks, a> a> - Rich a>> a>>JOHN a>> He (John) was being polite and asking a constructive question. How do you expect him to learn more about the product that you feel he knows "nothing about" without asking questions? Instead of your inane/childish "nope sorry wrong" response, why don't you try being more polite and informative? You seem to be more interested in being abrasive than wasting bandwidth. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Habib Mcgill Research Center for Intelligent Machines Montreal, Quebec email: ph...@cim.mcgill.ca
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From: ph...@cim.mcgill.ca Subject: Re: Win95 and games: good news... Date: 1995/04/19 Message-ID: <3n1qao$lmn@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> X-Deja-AN: 101089374 references: <3mtquj$hq2@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> <D77pB0.8BD@caprica.com> <Pine.CVX.3.91.950418115058.20616E-100000@gibbs.oit.unc.edu> <3n0rvg$13vn@bubba.ucc.okstate.edu> organization: McGill Research Center for Intelligent Machines reply-to: ph...@cim.mcgill.ca newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,comp.os.os2.games MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit