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- From: ggg@kepler.unh.edu (Gregory G Greene)
- Subject: Re: OS/2, VERY cool!
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.144814.21261@newshost.unh.edu>
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- Organization: University of New Hampshire - Durham, NH
- References: <1992Aug19.002147.12074@newshost.unh.edu> <1992Aug19.013319.18331@access.usask.ca>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 14:48:14 GMT
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- >> 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
- >
- >I hope that everyone realizes that these same games ALSO don't work
- >under Windows, or DESQview X, or any other 386 specific operating
- >environment. This is not an OS/2 problem, this is a problem of game
- >developers not using "standard" memory management techniques such as
- >DPMI.
-
- I really didn't mean to imply that it was OS2's fault. Just that
- games that use these custom modes seem to be getting more popular. I
- myself have the boot manager installed and have a pure DOS 5.0 partition.
-
- G.Greene
-
- >
- >--
- >- Kevin Lowey (Lowey@Sask.USask.CA)
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