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    Rage
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    Eddy talked about DOS in the thread below, so let me throw some obligatory nostalgia at you. :) And for youngsters, you'll never know that satisfaction feeling of successfully extending RAM usage for Doom to play (by modifying autoexec.bat) or resolve that IRQ confilct while tuning your brand new Soundblaster 16 :-D

    Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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      Eddy talked about DOS in the thread below, so let me throw some obligatory nostalgia at you. :) And for youngsters, you'll never know that satisfaction feeling of successfully extending RAM usage for Doom to play (by modifying autoexec.bat) or resolve that IRQ confilct while tuning your brand new Soundblaster 16 :-D

      Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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      pkfox
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      And for increasing file handles for Foxpro and Clipper programmes

      In Config.sys or latterly Config.nt
      FILES=100

      "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

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        Eddy talked about DOS in the thread below, so let me throw some obligatory nostalgia at you. :) And for youngsters, you'll never know that satisfaction feeling of successfully extending RAM usage for Doom to play (by modifying autoexec.bat) or resolve that IRQ confilct while tuning your brand new Soundblaster 16 :-D

        Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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        EMM386 or HIMEM? Which Mouse.com do I use? If I load the mouse first, then the soundblaster, I can save 512 bytes ... It took longer to get some games running with mouse and sound than the game took to play! :laugh:

        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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          EMM386 or HIMEM? Which Mouse.com do I use? If I load the mouse first, then the soundblaster, I can save 512 bytes ... It took longer to get some games running with mouse and sound than the game took to play! :laugh:

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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          My first LAN party : 4h30 to see the seven of us on the network, then 30 min play before having to go back home :)

          Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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            EMM386 or HIMEM? Which Mouse.com do I use? If I load the mouse first, then the soundblaster, I can save 512 bytes ... It took longer to get some games running with mouse and sound than the game took to play! :laugh:

            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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            And you could brick your computer by a single mistake in autoexec.bat. And learned a hard lessons with delete t*.jpg /s -y mistyped as delete *.jpg /s -y :~ Who needs pictures anyway ? :-D

            Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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              And you could brick your computer by a single mistake in autoexec.bat. And learned a hard lessons with delete t*.jpg /s -y mistyped as delete *.jpg /s -y :~ Who needs pictures anyway ? :-D

              Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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              And "general failure reading drive A:" thrown in for good measure. But when they were all working, LAN Doom was FUN!

              "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

              "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
              "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                Eddy talked about DOS in the thread below, so let me throw some obligatory nostalgia at you. :) And for youngsters, you'll never know that satisfaction feeling of successfully extending RAM usage for Doom to play (by modifying autoexec.bat) or resolve that IRQ confilct while tuning your brand new Soundblaster 16 :-D

                Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                Thank you for making me feel old. I once saved a NT4 server, booting from a W95 disk, commanding "FDISK /MSB". It fakkin worked.

                Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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                  And "general failure reading drive A:" thrown in for good measure. But when they were all working, LAN Doom was FUN!

                  "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                  Yes, actually we had later even more fun in capture the flag in Quake, because of the team vs. team. Or maybe was it an extension of Quake 2 ? My computer was too slow, could not afford better back then, so I always was the flag guardian camping near it with a big machine gun.

                  Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                    Thank you for making me feel old. I once saved a NT4 server, booting from a W95 disk, commanding "FDISK /MSB". It fakkin worked.

                    Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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                    Eddy Vluggen wrote:

                    It fakkin worked.

                    That's one these "I just something incredibly cool but am the only one who can understand it" moments :)

                    Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                      Yes, actually we had later even more fun in capture the flag in Quake, because of the team vs. team. Or maybe was it an extension of Quake 2 ? My computer was too slow, could not afford better back then, so I always was the flag guardian camping near it with a big machine gun.

                      Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                      Doom and Quake did get expensive - Herself insisted on identical computers so I didn't have an advantage over her. So every upgrade cost me double ... :sigh:

                      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                        Doom and Quake did get expensive - Herself insisted on identical computers so I didn't have an advantage over her. So every upgrade cost me double ... :sigh:

                        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                        Doom ? Update ? What do you mean ?

                        Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                          Doom ? Update ? What do you mean ?

                          Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                          New sound card, new RAM, new graphics, new mice, new motherboard, new PSU, new HDD, new CD ... :laugh:

                          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

                          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                          "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                            New sound card, new RAM, new graphics, new mice, new motherboard, new PSU, new HDD, new CD ... :laugh:

                            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                            :laugh:

                            Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                            • R Rage

                              Eddy talked about DOS in the thread below, so let me throw some obligatory nostalgia at you. :) And for youngsters, you'll never know that satisfaction feeling of successfully extending RAM usage for Doom to play (by modifying autoexec.bat) or resolve that IRQ confilct while tuning your brand new Soundblaster 16 :-D

                              Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                              And I'll bet these young whippersnappers have never had to low-level format their hard drive. DEBUG: G=C800:5

                              If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.

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                                EMM386 or HIMEM? Which Mouse.com do I use? If I load the mouse first, then the soundblaster, I can save 512 bytes ... It took longer to get some games running with mouse and sound than the game took to play! :laugh:

                                "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                                obermd
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                                I actually wrote a program that fixed Himem.sys memory leaks. I ran it between each program that loaded itself into the upper memory block. I also reported this bug to Microsoft. The bug was that in the himem area the program arenas, which were 16 byte structures, wouldn't get merged into a larger block of free memory if they were adjacent to each other and had been freed by their respective programs.

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                                  And I'll bet these young whippersnappers have never had to low-level format their hard drive. DEBUG: G=C800:5

                                  If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.

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                                  Okay, I maybe used the DOS debugger once in my life, and certainly not for a low-level format. *bows to master*

                                  Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                                    And I'll bet these young whippersnappers have never had to low-level format their hard drive. DEBUG: G=C800:5

                                    If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.

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                                    dandy72
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                                    Editing autoexec.bat/config.sys is one thing, but I had completely forgotten about that one. Nice!

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                                      Eddy talked about DOS in the thread below, so let me throw some obligatory nostalgia at you. :) And for youngsters, you'll never know that satisfaction feeling of successfully extending RAM usage for Doom to play (by modifying autoexec.bat) or resolve that IRQ confilct while tuning your brand new Soundblaster 16 :-D

                                      Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                                      ... or creating several boot configurations, tailored for DOOM, file transfer over COM ports, development work...

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                                        ... or creating several boot configurations, tailored for DOOM, file transfer over COM ports, development work...

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                                        Carlos Perez Chavez
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                                        I did my own boot menu to select the configuration I wanted and then it booted the PC with my changes. All in a nice .BAT file!

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                                        • R Rage

                                          Eddy talked about DOS in the thread below, so let me throw some obligatory nostalgia at you. :) And for youngsters, you'll never know that satisfaction feeling of successfully extending RAM usage for Doom to play (by modifying autoexec.bat) or resolve that IRQ confilct while tuning your brand new Soundblaster 16 :-D

                                          Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                                          Martin ISDN
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                                          that's pro. i only managed to play tie fighter after using memmaker :)

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