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- >>>>> "RABBI" == RABBI O'LEARY <LEWISMR@snyalfva.cc.alfredtech.edu> writes:
-
- RABBI> I'm using Executor/DOS 1.99f on a 486SLC2 66 w/math
- RABBI> coprocessor and 8 MB RAM. I've noticed it's much faster on
- RABBI> my machine that 1.99b. However, I'm in the market for
- RABBI> someone who can help me. I want to be able to play a simple
- RABBI> mindless game (Diamonds to be exact) to take a break from
- RABBI> my work. Diamonds 2.0 wouldn't work at all and so I got
- RABBI> 1.6. This will load but I am unable to move the ball with
- RABBI> any of my keys. I'm using -applzone 4096, -refresh 10. Does
- RABBI> anybody know how to make this work.
-
- We believe we know what the problem is with Diamonds 1.6. The program
- gets keystrokes by monitoring certain memory locations that are
- supposed to change whenever keys are depressed. Diamonds bypasses the
- normal event mechanism.
-
- The third party DOS event library we are using cannot update those
- memory locations as keys are depressed, so Diamonds doesn't work. We
- replaced this event library "in house" with code I wrote which _does_
- update the key flags properly, but our workaround encounters a bug in
- our DOS extender which can cause your machine to hang if you type
- during a disk access. I hate PC's. :-)
-
- The DOS extender folks are tackling this bug as I write this, so we
- hope to have Diamonds running before long.
-
- -Mat
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