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Re: Wing Commander II just hangs?? HELP!

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From: sb... Steven Bray
Date: Wed, 20 May 1992 14:26
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In article <BoGqt...@solbourne.com>, k...@solbourne.com (Ken Sullivan) writes:
> Hi,
> 
> I am running WingCommander II from a Stacker drive. It runs just fine,
> but when I select exit to DOS, it hangs, leaving the "exiting to DOS"
> on the screen.  The only way I can recover is to ctl-alt-del :-(
> 
> Does anybody have a clue as to why this is happening??  I have COMSPEC
> defined.  What am I leaving out??  This instructions leave a lot to be
> desired about system configuration.  BTW this is on a Gateway 2K 486/33
> w/ 16MB ram.
> 
> KJ Sullivan
> k...@solbourne.com
> insert std disclaimers here ................

Do NOT run WCII from a Stacker drive.  There are all sorts of things that
MAY happen if you do, none of them good.  My experience was that the sound
frequently went haywire (SB Pro card) and the game would occasionally hang.
A call to Origin confirmed the Stacker connection.  I re-installed on the 
non-stacked partition and all was well.

Steve Bray
sb...@uswest.com
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