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Forum: General compatibility fixes 26-04-2006, 01:04 AM

Replies: 12 Multiple Simm Into A Single Mb Slot? Views: 4,111 Posted By Red Sandwich Clearly not then! :max: Clearly not then! :max:

Forum: Blah, blah, blah... 24-03-2006, 03:29 PM

Replies: 106 "The Other Site" Dead? Views: 13,273 Posted By Red Sandwich Close, but no cigar: it's DNS caching, not HTTP... Close, but no cigar: it's DNS caching, not HTTP caching. [/b][/quote] Well I'm afraid that you have your cigar inserted in the wrong part of your anatomy. :sneaky: DNS caching has nothing to do...

Forum: General compatibility fixes 24-03-2006, 03:17 PM

Replies: 107 Custom Pcs Views: 19,960 Posted By Red Sandwich That is only possible if you had somehow obtained... That is only possible if you had somehow obtained the OSR2 upgrade and had applied it to 95b. However, MS's policy was that the only way to get OSR2 was as part of a new system. However, it was...

Forum: Games Discussion 24-03-2006, 01:18 AM

Replies: 313 Dune 2 - The Building of a Dynasty Views: 205,239 Posted By Red Sandwich Many thanks for the clarification. That is all... Many thanks for the clarification. That is all very well but I am nowhere near being able to build the spaceport or palace. In the last scenario you start with only 1000 credits which I think is...

Forum: Blah, blah, blah... 24-03-2006, 12:10 AM

Replies: 106 "The Other Site" Dead? Views: 13,273 Posted By Red Sandwich The reason that some people have still been able... The reason that some people have still been able to access HOTU via its URL is almost certainly because their HTTP requests are going either implicitly or explicitly via a cache that their ISP runs. ...

Forum: General compatibility fixes 23-03-2006, 11:36 PM

Replies: 107 Custom Pcs Views: 19,960 Posted By Red Sandwich There is great scope for confusion here. :D... There is great scope for confusion here. :D FAT32 was introduced when Windows 95 OSR2 was released; I suspect that is what you mean by 95c. 95b only had FAT16 (ignoring diskette formats).

Forum: General compatibility fixes 18-03-2006, 08:45 PM

Replies: 107 Custom Pcs Views: 19,960 Posted By Red Sandwich Win 95 can only handle partition sizes up to 2... Win 95 can only handle partition sizes up to 2 Gbi. It will handle disks which are larger than this provided that they are partitioned. Of the top of my head I cannot remember the absolute limit...

Forum: General compatibility fixes 17-03-2006, 06:07 AM

Replies: 56 Laptop As A Dos Machine Views: 12,183 Posted By Red Sandwich I would be very wary when buying old laptops. ... I would be very wary when buying old laptops. Many of the ones which appear on the secondhand market are old corporate ones that have been dusted down, cleaned up and patched up. Such machines have...

Forum: General compatibility fixes 17-03-2006, 05:25 AM

Replies: 107 Custom Pcs Views: 19,960 Posted By Red Sandwich Not necessarily. ALL hard disks have bad... Not necessarily. ALL hard disks have bad sectors. Mostly you don't get to notice them because the internal drive logic moves the data to spare sectors and marks the old ones off so that they are...

Forum: General compatibility fixes 17-03-2006, 04:06 AM

Replies: 12 Multiple Simm Into A Single Mb Slot? Views: 4,111 Posted By Red Sandwich Yes, I have heard of these multiple SIMM... Yes, I have heard of these multiple SIMM extensions. They seemed to be quite popular (for that read advertised heavily) at the time when late 486's and early Pentiums were sold with 4 Mb SIMMs....

Forum: Troubleshooting 17-03-2006, 02:13 AM

Replies: 41 Constructor Views: 18,030 Posted By Red Sandwich When running a DOS program under Win 98SE it... When running a DOS program under Win 98SE it should easily be able to get 419Kb of conventional memory. For example, I'm running 98SE here at the moment. I've just opened a DOS box (just a DOS...

Forum: Games Discussion 17-03-2006, 01:26 AM

Replies: 18 Romance of the Three Kingdoms Views: 9,359 Posted By Red Sandwich I feel that it is necessary to temper the... I feel that it is necessary to temper the enthusiasm shown for this game by the reveiw here and by the comments in this forum. I started playing it earlier this year and to start with I rather...

Forum: Games Discussion 16-03-2006, 06:13 PM

Replies: 224 Settlers 1, The Views: 79,178 Posted By Red Sandwich Thanks. I suspected that Settlers 2 might be the... Thanks. I suspected that Settlers 2 might be the only solution. However, I'm still surprised that reviews and FAQS don't mention the problem. Unfortunately Settlers 2 isn't an option for me at the...

Forum: Games Discussion 15-03-2006, 11:15 AM

Replies: 224 Settlers 1, The Views: 79,178 Posted By Red Sandwich Ah, your doubts are unfounded. I most certainly... Ah, your doubts are unfounded. I most certainly did read through this entire thread. And I've read the manual and a FAQ. Well, this is exactly what I'm doing but it doesn't have any impact on...

Forum: Games Discussion 15-03-2006, 09:43 AM

Replies: 224 Settlers 1, The Views: 79,178 Posted By Red Sandwich I wonder: am I talking to myself here? Has... I wonder: am I talking to myself here? Has anyone else seen the problem that I described? Has anyone NOT seen the problem described in my previous post in this thread? One of the consequences of...

Forum: Games Discussion 13-03-2006, 07:47 PM

Replies: 313 Dune 2 - The Building of a Dynasty Views: 205,239 Posted By Red Sandwich Thanks for the suggestions. However, I was... Thanks for the suggestions. However, I was running the game on the fast setting and the missiles were still accurate enough to hit my construction yard. Also, re: the MCV. I considered that as a...

Forum: Games Discussion 13-03-2006, 07:18 PM

Replies: 224 Settlers 1, The Views: 79,178 Posted By Red Sandwich There have been a lot of nostalgic posts about... There have been a lot of nostalgic posts about Settlers 1 in which people have commented on how much they used to enjoy playing it years ago. I've been trying out the download from Abandonia and...

Forum: Games Discussion 12-03-2006, 03:29 PM

Replies: 224 Settlers 1, The Views: 79,178 Posted By Red Sandwich Are you unable to read? You will find the... Are you unable to read? You will find the answers to your questions in the manual that is also available for download from this site. Hint : hold down right mouse button.

Forum: Games Discussion 10-03-2006, 08:49 PM

Replies: 313 Dune 2 - The Building of a Dynasty Views: 205,239 Posted By Red Sandwich Many thanks for the additional advice which I... Many thanks for the additional advice which I found useful. I managed to complete that mission; I found that the palace was essential to my victory. The fist wave of attacks on my base wasn't...

Forum: Games Discussion 08-03-2006, 01:36 AM

Replies: 313 Dune 2 - The Building of a Dynasty Views: 205,239 Posted By Red Sandwich Thanks folks for all the suggestions. I was at... Thanks folks for all the suggestions. I was at that stage using the Carryall to ferry my Harvesters but all five were consumed by the worms while the Harvesters were in the process of actually...

Forum: Games Discussion 07-03-2006, 03:43 AM

Replies: 313 Dune 2 - The Building of a Dynasty Views: 205,239 Posted By Red Sandwich I downloaded this game from here about a week ago... I downloaded this game from here about a week ago but rapidly ran into the problem of the copy protection questions. I didn't find the manual too much help for answering these because at this early...

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