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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 12:51:08 -0400
Message-Id: <199707261651.MAA07478@mail2.global2000.net>
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To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
From: "Bruce A. Locke" <blocke AT nyx DOT net>
Subject: Re: floppy-copy errors

>I just tried Bio Menace this morning and I can't get it to work.  I used
>to run it fine under DR DOS, but on this machine it just doesn't work
>under OpenDOS.  For that matter, it doesn't work under Windows 95 either.
>So my guess is that the bug is with Bio Menace, and not with OpenDOS.

Hmmm... I guess it probably used certain undocumented features that were
later removed, either that or they did some crappy coding... :)

>Also, if I use the joystick I get an "out of memory" error, under either
>OS.  If I start windows 95 in "safe mode command prompt only" mode, then I
>get these out of memory errors no matter what, but with OpenDOS if I
use>>the shift key, then it is only when I use the joystick.

I don't have a joystick so I couldn't test it on my system... :(

>Seems to be that OpenDOS actually works BETTER than Windows 95 (though
>still not as well as we would like it to work).

hehehe

Thanks for testing it anyways... :)

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Bruce A. Locke                                                 blocke AT nyx DOT net
http://blocke.home.ml.org


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