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echo: os2dos
to: WILL MORGAN
from: BOB HOLIDAY
date: 1996-07-17 09:21:00
subject: Duke Nukem 3D

Hello Will!
Tuesday July 09 1996 15:45, Will Morgan wrote to Mikko Hyvarinen:
 MH>> Robert Ensing wrote in a message to Michael Lavallee:
 ML>> You might want to know that Quake runs fine under OS/2 Warp, with
 MH>> Nope, it runs fine with my friend's 486dx4/100 + VLB Cirrus Logic
 MH>> 5428. Though with 7 frames per second in 320x200 mode ;)
 MH>> A Pentium 133 + PCI S3 868 gives 33 frames per second in 320x200
 MH>> mode.
 MH>> So, it might be better to forget Quake if you have a slow
 MH>> machine...:)
Quake runs just fine on my 486dx/66, even with the BBS online.  A little 
slow, but what do ya expect.  Sound engine works great even with my old SB 
pro.
 WM> I saw the subj: line (Duke3D) and was wondering if anyone had settings
 WM> that will let me run Duke Nukem 3D under OS/2 Warp? It runs fine under
 WM> Win95, but crashes hard under OS/2. I tried using both Doom and Quake
 WM> settings, but neither worked with Duke3D.
Try these settings.  I've had pretty good success with these setting, 
although I don't yet have Duke3D.  Also, I run SIO, so the COM settings don't 
apply.
AUDIO_ADAPTER_SHARING = OPTIONAL
COM_DIRECT_ACCESS = OFF
COM_HOLD = OFF
COM_RECEIVE_BUFFER_FLUSH = NONE
COM_SELECT = ALL
DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION = OFF
DOS_BREAK = OFF
DOS_DEVICE =
DOS_FCBS = 16
DOS_FCBS_KEEP = 8
DOS_FILES = 20
DOS_HIGH = OFF
DOS_LASTDRIVE = Z
DOS_RMSIZE = 640
DOS_UMB = OFF
DPMI_DOS_API = ENABLED
DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT = 7   (Can be higher if you have more than 8mb RAM)
DPMI_NETWORK_BUFF_SIZE = 8
EMS_FRAME_LOCATION = NONE
EMS_HIGH_OS_MAP_REGION = 32
EMS_LOW_OS_MAP_REGION = 0
EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT = 0
HW_NOSOUND = OFF
HW_ROM_TO_RAM = ON
HW_TIMER = ON
IDLE_SECONDS = 60
IDLE_SENSITIVITY = 100
INT_DURING_IO = ON
KBD_ALTHOME_BYPASS = ON
KBD_BUFFER_EXTEND = OFF
KBD_CTRL_BYPASS = NONE
KBD_RATE_LOCK = OFF
MOUSE_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS = ON
PRINT_SEPARATE_OUTPUT = ON
PRINT_TIMEOUT = 15
TOUCH_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS = OFF
VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP = OFF
VIDEO_FASTPASTE = OFF
VIDEO_MODE_RESTRICTION = NONE
VIDEO_ONDEMAND_MEMORY = OFF
VIDEO_RETRACE_EMULATION = OFF
VIDEO_ROM_EMULATION = OFF
VIDEO_SWITCH_NOTIFICATION = OFF
VIDEO_WINDOW_REFRESH = 1
XMS_HANDLES = 32
XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT = 0
XMS_MINIMUM_HMA = 0
Bob
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