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echo: os2dos
to: KRIS STEENHAUT
from: TOBIAS GLADH
date: 1996-06-27 18:50:00
subject: HPFS from DOS?

KS> Hello Toby,
KS>  > thinking of those programs that won't run under OS/2 DOS-sessions
KS>                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
KS>  > (quite a lot of games, actually, at least with sound).
KS> 
KS> Why shouldn't those progs run under OS2/DOS? I am sure, if 
KS> you'll start those progs with their own autoexec, they will 
KS> work just fine.
Oh, they run, all right, but you can't get sound from your soundcard.
Doom 2 is a documented example where you have to direct FX-sound to
the loudspeaker. Dune 2 will sometimes crash when the radar goes up or
down, which is most annoying, as the radar goes down when the power
fails.
/Tobias
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