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- From: cvetp036@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Comanche in OS/2
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.193938.1@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 03:39:38 GMT
- References: <1JAN199318555706@pavo.concordia.ca> <1993Jan4.184639.14304@apgea.army.mil>
- Organization: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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- In article <1993Jan4.184639.14304@apgea.army.mil>, rcmerrit@apgea.army.mil (Robert C. Merritt <rcmerrit>) writes:
- > In article <1JAN199318555706@pavo.concordia.ca> p_quinn@pavo.concordia.ca (QUINN, PAUL) writes:
- >>
- >> There is a helicopter game called Commanche Overkill (or something like
- >>that). My friend has this game but cannot get it to run uner OS/2.
- >> Has anyone successfully done it?
- >>
- >>Please send solution by e-mail to:p_quinn@pavo.concordia.ca
- >>
- >>Paul
- >>p_quinn@pavo.concordia.ca
- >
- >
- > I would be interested that myself. I HAVE gotten it to run. I use the
- > FAT system for OS/2 so I can just boot up from a blank dos system disk,
- > use my hard drive like I use to, run Overkill then when I'm done, reboot
- > the come, ..os 2 ..tha-da! :)
- > But I'm try to stay in os/2. Dose anyone know if any game makers are making
- > os-2 specific games? I think the could be asome!
- >
- > Rob Merritt
-
- Comanche requires 386 protected mode. Which is in direct conflict with OS/2.
-
- I still think that for games DOS would be better than OS/2. Make that 32 bit
- DOS extenders games. There's just a bit too much overhead in OS/2 for a game
- to run at optimal speed.
-