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That game (and x-com) helped me learn autoexe.bat and config.sys. I had to do all manner of memory, DMA, & IRQ fiddling to load a mouse and soundcard. Probably
by AyyWS 4y ago
That game (and x-com) helped me learn autoexe.bat and config.sys. I had to do all manner of memory, DMA, & IRQ fiddling to load a mouse and soundcard. Probably why I'm in tech today.
- axus 4y agoGetting the right command-line java options for combinations of Minecraft mods seems to be the modern equivalent
- aidenn0 4y agoA trick I learned is that if you started it with wizards.exe instead of mom (don't remember if it was .com or .exe) it would skip the intro video which used about 60k more RAM than the rest of the game. Also, nwcdex (the novell CD-ROM driver) could load into either EMS or XMS while the microsoft version could not.