Hi !

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On Oct 13 06:56 95, Peter Fitzsimmons of 1:259/414 wrote:

 JP>> I don't think DOOM uses additionnal video memory.

 PF> Actually,  with some cards adding more memor will make DOOM 
 PF> (the dos full-screen graphics program) run faster,  because 
 PF> the card will interleave the memory.  No more memory is 
 PF> "used",  but it is arranged in a more favorable addressing 
 PF> scheme on the card.

 PF> This DOOM talk has given me an urge to shoot 
 PF> something...gotta go!

Actually, I thought the info could be of interest to OS/2 programmers too.
After all, we do plan to release a game running fullscreen under OS/2, just
like most DOS games. Converting to DIVE will probably not be possible,
because the game (currently under DOS) uses hardware scrolling, and I don't
think DIVE provide functions for that (not fast enough anyway !)

Julien

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