Subj : Re: About To Blow A Gaske
To   : TRACKER1
From : ROB MCCART
Date : Sat Jul 16 2005 05:42 pm

TR>ROB MCCART wrote:
  >> One of the DOS programs that I run frequently is Doom II via modem
  >> and Win XP can't handle that at all. Doom II started out as a 386
  >> program but really, with the newer monster levels now, it pretty
  >> much takes a minimum MMX200 with 32 meg to manage it and XP doesn't
  >> allow near those resources for their Dos (Win 95?) emulation or
  >> whatever it is..  It just crawls..

TR>Download the Doom95 front end, or one of the other front ends/ports to
  >32bit... I think doom95 works okay, but there are several others that will
  >work better for you.

These don't generally work dialing modem to modem though.
(If you know of any that support it let me know!)
I think the Doom 95 version allowed for it but I recall trying
it and going back to the old Doom II because it caused so
much grief. I only wish some of those improved versions
DID work as well as the original over the modem. It would
be nice to have the better graphics and added controls that
some of those offer.  Most also choke on the newer sound
systems. After fighting with sound in Doom Fusion, their
idea of a fix was to install a Sound Blaster 16 card..
I also have Doom Legacy, which is pretty nice but, again,
no modem to modem dialing.

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