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In article <y$Q94CAnnPC3Ewhs@duketastrophy.demon.co.uk>,
Graham Goring <graham@dukeVOMITtastrophy.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <3708F477.FEEFCE77@nmt.edu>, James Garvin <boot@nmt.edu>
>writes
>>Ah...The halcion days of Doom2....Takes me back...Actually where DO you get
>>older games anymore???  Seems no one is willing to give them up!
>
>Well, all the Doom games are available in a big box under the title
>Doom Trilogy, that's where I got it. However, without wishing to
>encourage piracy, a search for "abandonware ring" will reap many
>rewards.

True, sometime like http://come.to/RoA

>>There is a software package called system commander OR you can write your
>>own...(with Win95 is a bitch...Win95 likes to take EVERYTHING and Win98 is
>>MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH worse)  However, if you strike F8 direct after your BIOS
>>you can boot to "DOS".  You can configure your DOS boot however your want
>>though!  Just edit your autoexec.bat and config.sys and you SHOULD be able
>>to play the old games...but Win9x just sucks rocks...can't wait until games
>>start to be ported to Linux...*G*

There is a program called Boot Magic, it's put out by PowerQuest (the
makers of Partition Magic)  It is the ultimate program for setting up
multiple OSs.  I have a friend who has DOS 6.22, win95 and Linux.
A menu appewars at boot up and he selects which OS to boot. Easy to
use and works like a treat, well worth the money.

>Ah, even if you go straight to DOS, I find that Windows 95 DOS will
>completely ignore all uses of the "LOADHIGH" or "LH" command, so all
>your drivers will still clog up base memory.

There is a known bug in win95B aka OSR2 with emm386.exe  There are
a number of supposed fixes for the problem including adding the
parameter RAM.  You can read all about it at
http://www.compuclinic.com/osr2faq

An update to win98 will solve those problems tho.

Cheers
Mike

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