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| 124.1 | | KDX200::ROBR | Daybreak at the bottom of a lake... | Wed Sep 21 1994 11:25 | 6 |
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um, whats windows-95?? first time ive heard it called that...
(well, second actually, but the first time i thought it was a joke...
now that ive seen it twice...)
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| 124.2 | Windows 95 | BAHTAT::HILTON | Beer...now there's a temporary solution | Wed Sep 21 1994 11:46 | 3 |
| Windows-95=Windows 4=Chicago
Windows 95 is the 'official' name I believe.
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| 124.3 | Chicago=win-95=win-4= | METSYS::ALLEN | That's right, I was bounced. | Wed Sep 21 1994 12:04 | 4 |
| I'm gonna call it "Bill Gates' Wind" then!
...Seeing as we seem to be able to call it whatever we want!
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| 124.4 | | OCTAVE::VIGNEAULT | Surveyor of the Universe | Wed Sep 21 1994 12:33 | 5 |
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Yup, Windows-95 is the official name. It will be marketed to death
with a logo campaign etc.
Lv
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| 124.5 | | KDX200::ROBR | Daybreak at the bottom of a lake... | Wed Sep 21 1994 12:41 | 4 |
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no more windows 4.0 eh? i guess they avoided the bad luck number and
got us to remember the year it came out
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| 124.6 | WinDoom | BAHTAT::HILTON | Beer...now there's a temporary solution | Fri Oct 14 1994 08:45 | 13 |
| Somebody's posted WinDoom on the Internet, and for a short time it's on
bahtat::windm.zip.
This will contain the following files:
wing10.zip - MS WinGraphics - install first
windm1.zip - GUESS!
windm2.zip -
windoom.faw
Cheers,
Greg
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| 124.7 | | FORTY2::HOWELL | Just get to the point... | Fri Oct 14 1994 08:58 | 5 |
| windm.zip copied to FLYTE::USER1:[ARCHIVE.DOOM.MISC]
Can't say as to whether it'll stay there yet. We are currently trying
to discover if it is a shareware version or not. Let's hope it is boys
'n' girls (unfortunately we can't tell until we've unZIPped it!)
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| 124.8 | can't get there from here | DAVE::MITTON | Token rings happen | Fri Oct 14 1994 10:37 | 6 |
| %COPY-E-OPENIN, error opening FLYTE::USER1:[ARCHIVE.DOOM.MISC]WINDM.ZIP;1
as input
-RMS-E-PRV, insufficient privilege or file protection violation
So what's the word?
Dave. (this should slow my pentium down a bit)
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| 124.9 | | FORTY2::HOWELL | Just get to the point... | Fri Oct 14 1994 10:39 | 9 |
| We're currently awaiting news of Id to make sure this copy is... umm...
'legal'....
The file is there, but just not set at the mo....
As soon as we here news, you'll be the first to know!
Cheers,
Dan
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| 124.10 | | FORTY2::HOWELL | Just get to the point... | Mon Oct 17 1994 05:37 | 6 |
| Sorry, it's no go. Id were not the problem.... it was Microsoft who
would have fragged our butts.....
:-l
Dan
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| 124.11 | it works only sort of | DAVE::MITTON | Token rings happen | Fri Oct 21 1994 17:05 | 7 |
| Well, I managed a copy anyways... and it's not worth it.
It's still beta demo quality and doesn't even perform that well on my
Pentium. I could not find anyway to access the options screen or see
my status display. No music. Sound often truncated or didn't sync
well with the action. All-in-all, I was disappointed.
Dave.
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| 124.12 | old Beta? | BAHTAT::HILTON | Beer...now there's a temporary solution | Mon Oct 24 1994 09:37 | 8 |
| re .11
I think that copy was real Beta stuff from over a year ago. I would
expect there is something better around.
Cheers,
greg
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| 124.13 | 8^) | TROOA::BARTLETT | Same job ... New planet ... | Mon Oct 24 1994 11:04 | 9 |
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re: .11
Isn't that about par for any MS product? You obviously haven't seen the
marketing campain yet, it will change your impression of the product.
Jason...
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| 124.14 | not bad for a net.demo | SUBPAC::MAGGARD | Integrate! | Mon Oct 24 1994 11:36 | 26 |
| > It's still beta demo quality and doesn't even perform that well on my
> Pentium.
After FTPing the proper wing.dll, it played fine on my p90/ATImach64 in the
320x200 video mode (SMALL!) but the frame rate drops to ~12 in 640x480 mode.
> I could not find anyway to access the options screen or see my status
> display.
ditto.
> No music.
music worked on my system (SB16asp/scsi2). Sounded like the v1.666 music.
> Sound often truncated or didn't sync well with the action.
I got the truncated sound thing a couple times, but didn't have any sync
problems.
> All-in-all, I was disappointed.
IMO, it's not too bad for a beta... ...on par with what you get from
typical internet distributed playable demos.
- jeff_sticking_w/_the_DOS_version
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| 124.15 | OK with NT 3.5 | MSDOA::MCCLOUD | Middleaged Mutant Ninja Service Tech | Thu Oct 27 1994 11:59 | 5 |
| It runs fine on NT 3.5 I have a 486/66 16mb. The speed was just
fine of course I did not need to install the wing stuff and the program
is in its infant stage ie. no status screen or menu to change from one
level to the other and control sound. It also craps all over my screen
colors when the apps closes.
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| 124.16 | stop making sense | SUBPAC::MAGGARD | Integrate! | Thu Oct 27 1994 12:12 | 18 |
| > Sorry, it's no go. Id were not the problem.... it was Microsoft who would
> have fragged our butts.....
Well it doesn't seem that MS is doing a whole lot to prevent its
circulation... ...based on the fact that this WinDoom beta-whatever is
available via FTP in many places. And I believe they haven't gone after the
guy who put the .zip file together with his name and e-mail address plastered
all over the readme. If the policy of Digital is to not distribute it without
permission, then fine by me. If someone wants it, they can find it elsewhere
without difficulty.
IMO, WinDoom is a nice thing to try once and then delete... ...which is
probably why nobody really cares, since anyone who wants to play that
shareware doom will get better performance and more features in DOS anyway!
- jeff_not_tryin_to_make_trouble,_
but_just_making_an_idle_point_:-)
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| 124.17 | Where can I get WinDOOM? | WRKSYS::NIEMI | | Fri Dec 16 1994 16:28 | 4 |
| Does anyone know where one can get a copy of WinDOOM off the net?
Anyone have a pointer?
Erin
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| 124.18 | oh... OUR net... no, it would be against company policy | KDX200::ROBR | Drinks for all my friends... | Fri Dec 16 1994 22:00 | 5 |
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its junk, but it is available all over the place even though microsoft
said NO!! YOU CANT RELEASE THIS PUBLICLY. check places like
wuarchive.wustl.edu and stuff (if you can get on :'))
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| 124.19 | When is it going to be released? | WRKSYS::NIEMI | | Mon Mar 20 1995 13:26 | 5 |
| When the heck is IBM going to finish DOOM for Windows? Is it out yet?
Anybody know the scheduled release date?
Erin
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| 124.20 | | PCBUOA::KRATZ | | Mon Mar 20 1995 14:39 | 5 |
| IBM??
Probably the day our workstation group builds a PowerPC ;-)
According to id, however, it will be a Win32 app with Alpha and
MIPS versions.
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| 124.21 | | KDX200::ROBR | Our country reeks of trees... | Tue Mar 21 1995 12:05 | 5 |
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I got a chuckle out of that.... IBM :')
easy to get Id and Microsoft confused with IBM :')
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| 124.22 | | BAHTAT::HILTON | Beer...now there's a temporary solution | Thu Mar 23 1995 05:09 | 3 |
| PC Format in the UK said MS flew them out to look at 'latest Win95
developements' one of which was a Win95 version of Doom ][.
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| 124.23 | | SUBPAC::MAGGARD | Mail Order Wives | Thu Mar 23 1995 23:25 | 14 |
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Microsoft will never offer WinDoom or WinDoomII ....
Because they'd break their perfect record
of selling software that people hate using.
ba da BOOM! :-)
- jeff
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| 124.24 | | METALX::SWANSON | Ride The Lightning | Fri Mar 24 1995 15:23 | 6 |
| re: -1
Yeah, can you imagine a Microsoft commercial where... instead of the
kid doing his homework on a pentium, he's playing Doom?!!
Ken
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| 124.25 | | KDX200::ROBR | Our country reeks of trees... | Fri Mar 24 1995 16:17 | 2 |
| i still love the intel commercial with wing commander :')
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| 124.26 | WinDoom lives | DAVE::MITTON | Windows in '95 | Mon Apr 03 1995 17:05 | 4 |
| I saw WinDooM running on a random system in the MS booth at
NetWorld+Interop last week. Didn't stop to see any details.
Dave.
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| 124.27 | WinDoom is close.... | BAHTAT::HILTON | Beer...now there's a temporary solution | Tue May 09 1995 09:29 | 12 |
| Got this mail from the sysop of the Microsoft Network games area,
regarding my question about the availability of WinDoom:
This will be going into General Beta real soon now (like within 2
weeks). It will be posted into the File Library when available and I'll
post some announcements around...
drews (Computer Games Sysop)
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| 124.28 | it'll ship with WindozeWhenever :-) | SUBPAC::MAGGARD | Mail Order Wives | Tue May 09 1995 12:43 | 4 |
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"two weeks" eh???
- jeff
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| 124.29 | | KDX200::ROBR | Who wants to live forever? | Tue May 09 1995 17:57 | 5 |
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windoom2 is also coming out. runs under win32s (poorly) or win95 or
nt. still not at the same sort of speeds as the dos version though,
i was getting about 18 fps under NT on a pentium-60 w/32 meg.
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| 124.30 | Update | BAHTAT::HILTON | http://blyth.lzo.dec.com | Tue Aug 08 1995 13:48 | 29 |
| From the MSN:
Doom II For Windows
As id has already reported, Doom II is being ported to Windows.
Originally, the port was using the Win32 DIB Section APIs, and was
capable of getting respectable speed on decent hardware.
Microsoft has recently announced the Games SDK, which includes API
that have been specifically tuned too address the needs of action
packed games development.
After carefully considering the options, and the alternatives, it has
been decided that a game like DOOM really deserves to be implemented
via the Games SDK API. This work is currently in progress, and is
showing great promise.
id has a policy of "no beta's", and to date, no betas of "Doom II For
Windows" have been released. Any copies you might have heard of, or
seen, or even have are bootlegged 'Technology Demos', and should be
deleted immediately.
Once the current development of "Doom II For Windows" based on the
Games SDK has been completed. It will be made available through the
normal channels.
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| 124.31 | | PCBUOA::KRATZ | | Tue Aug 08 1995 16:36 | 1 |
| Does the use of the Win32 Game SDK imply Alpha support just went away?
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| 124.32 | framerate #'s coming sooN! | SUBPAC::MAGGARD | Mail Ordered Husband | Wed Aug 23 1995 11:50 | 8 |
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Scr*w WinDoom.
Doom I and II run just fine on my p90 in a DOS box under Win95 (build 490).
- jeff
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