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>Mike,
>  Apparently  you don't think much about the way U7 was implemented.  It uses
>a proprietary memory manager that doesn't get along with ANYTHING except 
>plain vanilla DOS.  Try running U7 with QEMM386 running.  Now try it with
>386MAX running.  Now try it with DOS 5.0 Himem and EMM386 running.  Notice a
>pattern yet?  Try it under Windoze.  Try it under DR DOS 6.0s mem manager. 
>If you pay attention, it won't work with any of them!  Game companies should
>stick to making games, not reinventing the memory manager.  
>  As to your assertion that OS/2 won't run games that tax the hardware, how
>about Falcon 3.0D?  It runs under OS/2 just dandy, because it uses an already
>established standard for memory management.  As a matter of fact many games
>not only run well under OS/2, they run better than they do under DOS!

	The problem is, it looks like games that implement some wierd
   memory management scheme or other type of customization are on the 
   rise.  Look at Links386 Pro, it won't work under OS2 either.  If 
   Origin used a special memory manager for Ultima 7, I think they will
   probably use one for Strike Commander, and probably for WC 3.  It 
   really stinks that you won't be able to play these games with OS2.

							G.Greene

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>  Marty
>    roeschmf@craft.camp.clarkson.edu