Subj : Re: got any cool programs for a 286? :D?
To   : kirkspragg
From : Spectre
Date : Sat Jun 29 2024 17:27:00

 ki> Some games like Monster Bash and Dune II have higher conventinal memory
 ki> requirments. Monster Bash won't work reliably with anything under 600k
 ki> free at least that has been my experience with it. Dune II needs
 ki> a lot of conventional memory if you also want sound blaster
 ki> digitized sound effects...

Makes sense, I've never considered playing games in an emulator.  I tried a
few in dosbox once.. Autoduel, and StoneKeep.  If'n I dropped rlfossil out of
load given if its playing games, and perhaps share, it'd be close to 600k
even with xfs installed still.

The last DOS games I can recall playing at all, were... Zone66 and Ravenloft,
both used the DOS4GW though... so although they wanted a lot of ram,
conventional wasn't such an issue.  Earlier stuff like Might & Magic 3 were
pretty happy without much in the way of resources.

Spec


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