Conference 501clb::pcdoom

    
    Ooo, me next!
    
    Mike Murray
    
    386-16, 4 Meg RAM, CD, 130 Meg HD, Sound Blaster PRO
    
       have access to...
    
    486-33, 4 Meg RAM, 500 Meg HD, Sound Blaster 1.5, Gravis Gamepad
    
    Things I like about DOOM...
    
       - Stereo sound with the PRO
       - Liquid smooth motion on the 486 only, the 386 runs like cold
         molasses
       - Blowing up your rocket-launcher-toting friend with the pistol
         and a toxic barrel in Deathmatch mode.
    
    Things to look forward too...
    
       - Version 1.4 with the AWE32 support
       - Modem DOOM with my new 28.8 modem
       - A damn faster computer!
    

Go on I'll be second

Oliver Bowe

DECpc 425sx LPv, 4Mb, CD-ROM, 170Mb, SBpro

-Maintaining a stable platform so that my flatmates can get a regular fix of Doom
They let me use my PC now and then when they've grown tired of the latest
PWAD
- Collecting PWAD files so 
- Creating PWAD files when I get a chance

 

    Greg Hilton
    
    DECpc 450D2LP at home,
    
    colour laptop, plus wife's colour laptop + friends colour laptop = 4
    player Deathmatch :^)
    
    Just starting to get into WADS.

    
    Larry Vigneault.
    
    Been playing on my DECstation 325c since the game came out.  Have an
    DEC XL4100 [486 99mhz DX4] scheduled for shipment this Friday to my
    house.  
    
    I'm expecting DOOM to be much more fun upon the arrival of my new 
    PC.  
    
    Been through all levels and have it pretty much memorized.
    
    

    Laurie Brown, played once or twice...
    
    I'd like to write some WADs one day
    
    Laurie.

    
    Don Lebeau.  Rapidly turning into a Wadaholic!  Have a 486-33 PC with 
    a Soundblaster Pro at home.  Also play network games at some friend's
    company when I have the time.  Like to play cooperative games because 
    we usually end up rolling on the floor in laughter...
    
    I've beat all three episodes in Extreme Carnage mode (admittedly with
    a few saves and restores  :^)  ).
    
    Don
    

    Chip Bach
    
    Cincinnati, Ohio
    
    420SX, 8Mb, 105Meg HD, Old Sound Blaster, basic DECpc 420SX...
    
    Love DOOM...

       Jim Cooper - 
             386 33mhz, 8 meg, no sound (can't adjust internal volume)
             Have to play with the intensity turned way down or the
             scrolling motion makes me ill !!!!
             Only play 1.2 shareware version, many friends at local
             companies play network matches after work. One of these
             nights if I can get a kitchen pass maybe I will get to
             try the Deathmatch !!

             So far, my favorite is the exploding toxic barrel ploy
             when being attacked by several enemies. Grosses my
             daughter out though !!!          

    I figured that since this was a notesfile for DOOM only, each level
    could afford its own topic.  
    
    If this is a bad idea, moderators feel free to delete those puppies!
    
    (I was just tryin' to help)
    
    Regards,
    
    Chip

    Pierre Bijaoui
    
    i486dx 33Mhx, 8 Mb RAM, CD-ROM, SoundBlaster 16, 170Mb HD,
    modems
    
    Looking for a WAD editor so I can design the Sophia-Antipolis Digital
    building (which in itself already can be a nightmare!).
    
    
    Pierre.

    
    John Chewter,
    
    	i486dx 33Mhz, 4Mb RAM, SB Clone, 170Mb HD.
    
    	Another Doom addict, at least when I'm at home to play it that is.
    	Just getting into all these wonderful pwads.

    I enjoy winding down at the end of a day (from time to time) by
    blasting those bad guys, gets all the aggression out of the system
    before tackling the road network.
    
    Have occasionally had a riot playing the head-to-head on network,
    sometimes with 3 and sometimes with 4.
    
    My ambition is to own a PC of my own, and thus be able to *BUY* DOOM. 
    For now I only have access to the version that doesn't need paying
    for!!
    
    IJS

Devon Terpening

	386dx-33, 8MB ram, SB Pro, 330MB hd.

	Love that chainsaw!  I also enjoy collecting PWADs and hope to begin
	designing a few of my own soon.

Jason Bartlett

Bought DOOM (shareware) as soon as it hit the streets, went wild on it for a 
while. It got kinda back-burnered due to other issues. Just started to get 
back into it when I found the DOOM thread and this conf. Now I'm back and 
interested in tring a WAD file or two.

Since we're showing or stuff in this conf.

DEClp466DX2 1MB VRAM, 32MB RAM
PAS-16 connected to an amp and small speakers and/or headphones
(The sound via this combo. will make you fill your drawers.)

Also play on a 425SE Colour (STN) - works really well except for the sound.

Playing on getting a joystick (Gravis) to improve my aim - keyboard is too 
quick and mouse too awkward.

Jason... 

Jeff Maggard

Currently playing on (and about to lose it to a travelling Fiance):
    Gateway 486DX33 w/LocalBus-SVGA   (23.1 on 3d-Bench)
    8MB ram
    Prefer keyboard input (somewhat due to mouse bug)
    
Things often found doing while not playing Doom:
    Work
    Sleep
    Laundry
    Reading Clancy
    Playing other cool games like X-COM    <- Herecy! :-)
    Checking out the latest IdNews
    
Haven't yet been able to try Fraggin' for lack of a decent modem setup...

...and looking forward to Doom II.

- jeff

    Gary Heffelfinger
    
    486/66 (a mutt of a PC), 8M RAM, 600M (400+200) Disk, VLB Mach32 with
    2M VRAM. 
    
    Love to sit in the dark with the headphones on and blast away.  My spouse 
    just shakes her head and calls me a nerd. :-) 
    
    I've just started using the WAD files.  I've come here looking for 
    recommendations.
    
    I've also eagerly been waiting for the Linux version of DOOM.

    Greg McCaddon
    
    420sx, basic, with upgraded Fusion 16 kit.
    
    First time entered into the game freaked me out, and caused me to back
    straight out! Great graphics and realism was totally freaky! Then I
    discoverd sound with the Fusion 16 kit! Oh MY....(sizzle)
    
    Gotta get the okay to by the registered version.... shouldn't take long
    now.  8^)
    

    Charlie Gilley
    Assorted machines, no sound.
    
    Realized this was a *different* game when I found myself leaning over
    to look around a corner :-).  I had to lay off for some time - I was
    getting nauseated after a while from the graphics - not the carnage.

	Raul E. Delhumeau

	486DX-33 (Gateway 2000)
	ATI Graphics Ultra Video Card (1 Mb VRAM)
	8 Mb RAM
	200 Mb + 420 Mb HDDs
	No sound
	No joystick
	No network play
	Shareware version only [No WADS!!! :-( ]

	Looking forward to Doom V 1.4 (registered this time, of course)

	Thanks for the great job of keeping the latest kit, FAQ, patches
	on the Easynet!!!! it's *greatly* appreciated by the ftp-challenged!

OK, I admit it.  I'm hooked on Doom.  I feel guilty that, as a 40-something
parent of 4 impressionable kids, I'm not setting a good example for them.  Hell,
I have to fight with them to get in some Doom time.

Can't affort a home LAN yet to get a good 4 way Deathmatch.  Is it cheating when
you tell the kids that they can't have the car on Friday night for fragging
their dear old dad?  Is that why they let me win?

There, I feel better.  Back to mayhem.

I'm impressed with the addon .WADs being created out there in cyberspace.  There
are some clever things being done with graphics, sound, and layouts.  Check
out INVADE1.WAD, YAKWORLD.WAD, or UAC_DEAD.WAD (I think I've been in that hotel)

Chuck

    Geoff Unland
    486/66 with Viper VLB, 17" monitor, 
    SBPRO, 20w Sony system w/subwoofer
    Registered version of DOOM
    
    I knew I was hooked on Doom when I started staying up all night, with
    the sound turned up and the lights turned off. I found myself ducking
    from fireballs (physically), and hearing the music in my sleep.
    
    Now waiting for any and all new scenarios, and hoping one day for ...
    
    		Virtual Reality Doom 
    
    Geoff

    
    Robert Brogdon
    486/50 Stb lightspeed Vlb 17" Mag monitor, 
    1.6 gig h.d., SB16 scsi, Nec 3xi cdrom,Zoom 28,8 modem
    Networked with a 486/sx25 
    
    Love to play modem or networked Doom. Can not wait for Doom II!!!.
     

    
    Carl Tulanko
    
    486/dx33 homebrew, megatower, 500mb scsi hd w/future domain 1670
    8mb ram, stealth 24 video, nec 4fg, sb16 and AR 35w subwoofer/spkrs
    
    T'aint nuthin like playing doom in the dark with the sound waayyy up!
    Currently installing network at home w/ 386/20. I just love that rocket
    launcher!!!

    Steve Noble @BSO
    
    Volunteering for sad status as the only salesman in the conference...
    
    DEC 486/33dx, 8Mb, 240Mb, Panasonic CD, Reveal Soundfx32 sound, Ariel
    for those ground-in sweat stains...
    
    A recent discovery, but a great one. Now for 1.6.
    
    Nobby

     Mike Smith
     Smith@AM@MKOTS4@MKO or MKOTS4::SMITH

     Doom, what can ya say?

     How often can you dice-up a demonic
     creature with a chainsaw in real life?  :^)

     I'm usin' a 486DX/33 with a PAS16.

     Maybe in 3 years or so, I'll be computing
     on a 786DX/200 and Doom VII with be no less
     than photographic quality...

     It only gets better!  Thanks id, for
     keepin' me off the streets!  :^)

     Mike

    Scott Forten
    
    DECpc-XL 466, 16Mb RAM, CD ROM, 2 hard drives, SB SCSI-16
    
    
    I got Doom for my nephew and he loves it.
    
    I can't play it though as it makes me physically ill.  Nauseus, dizzy,
    and killer headaches are what I get if I look at the game.  Anyone else
    get sick from this game?
    
    I'll be checking in from time to time as my nephew asks me still more
    questions I can't answer.  :^)
    
    
    
    Scott

    This is a common problem, I know many people who suffer from it. They
    all have 66's, loadsaram and fast graphics cards, so it run really
    smooth. I think the nausea is linked to this.
    
    Knock the turbo button and playit dead slow instead!
    
    ;-)
    Dan

    
         Or better yet... Make the window about an inch across...
    
         Of course it's no fun then...
    
         Then of course there will be no end to the ailments when the
            VR headsets hit the market...
    
                                                        Bye,
                                                         Mike.

Grant Taylor

DECpc XL560 60 MHz Pentium
1 RZ26L (1GB)
1 233MB HD
CD-ROM
PCI Diamond Viper (2MB)
48MB RAM
VRC16
SB AWE32
linked to my brothers

486DX2 50
8MB
125MB HD
14" Monitor
SB 1.5
running Netware Personal.

    
    how is it with the AWE vs. the SB????  :')
    
    ive got it linked via personal netware as well between a p5/90 and a
    4/50  :').  
    

re-1
With Version 1.666 and the AWE32 option selected it is pretty amazing!

Grant

    Hmmm, I'd challenge you on that if I didn't no better :-)
    
    Dan$pigeon

just found the conference !  GREAT idea!!!!

anyway,,, for the intro..

Ray Pelkey, work in MRO3-3,, spent many-many nights in the
endless corridors and court-yards of doom 1.1, and doom 1.666,,,,,
Recently became a mild wad-aholic, grabbed the DOOM archives, and
was happy zipping through them until someone gave me the DOOM ][
beta,,,,  woa,,,,  here we go again!!!!  Doom ][ is gonna blow
you guys away (for those who haven't seen/played it yet..)


I've spent a FAIR amount of time learning how to move efficiently,
dodge fireballs, strafe,,, and basically that is the most important
part of the game in my opinion...  I even re-programmed my movment keys,,

found tha w-forwad x-back, a-left s-right is perfect for right handed
mousers....  (using shift, alft, and the new direction keys, along
with the mouse makes you a pretty hard target to take down....


I really like co-op play, and have a few people who I can go in
with... I LUV death match,,,, 

Hello,

Jonathan here - just discovered this conference...

I'm a DOOM addict :
I have a 486SX-33, 4meg RAM, 270Meg HD, SB Pro compatible, Joystick....

I can't get enough of doom, I've collected hundreds of extra WADS and created
about 4 WADS myself, a couple of which I've loaded onto a great BBS for DOOM
WADS - The Gates Of The Underworld.

I use DoomEd in WINDOWS. It took me about 2 weeks to learn the ins and outs of
the tool, but after trying to get to grips wth DEU and hearing other peoples
problems with stitching etc (It does it all for you), I've found it relatively
easy to use.

I'm also seething with jealousy that our friends in the states are already
receiving DOOM ][. My copy has been on order from the day I was sent a flyer a
couple of months ago. Hopefully it will turn up on or soone after Doomsday (3
days and counting).

By the way, does anyone know whether existing editors/node builders will work
ok with DOOM ][ ?

Jonathan
    
    P.S I also gather that DOOM will be one of the first games modified for
    the new Virtual Reality sets for PC's due out for XMAS - has anyone got
    more info on this ?
    

    Okay, 
    	I'm hooked....
        I had Wolfenstien 3D, and was impressed.. but wasn't really into
    it.
        When I first started Doom, I actually got queasy watching the demo.
        I had to shrink the screen-size to keep from getting motion
    sickness, (and I don't usually get motion-sickness) :')
        Anyway's I'll be getting the registered version soon.
        Hey how about putting all these wad/utility files on a CD?
    
    
    								Ed
    
    

    Sticking a compilation onto CD would need quite a lot of organisation
    to do, since you'd need to ask the permission of a whole load of
    people, without breaking any copyright laws. Still, maybe one day....
    
    ;-)
    
    Dan

    Just found this conference.  
    
    I run a 486dx266 16mb RAM, 1Gig HD, SBPRO II, Love DOOM II.  Never really 
    got into DOOM, but DOOM II is astounding.  I played it constantly for
    hours on end when I first got hold of it, and am on around level 20 -
    30 ( I lose track after a while).  
    
    I know that DOOM wads are being sold on CD-ROM, about 6 UK pounds or
    something, and several PC magazines have had DOOM wads on them.
    

    
    Another very recent discoverer of this conference.
    
    No, I don't play DOOM, but my 11 year old son does on his machine
    under WfW. I might install it on the Linux partition of my system.
    (Kids' machine is a 25 MHz 486SX with 340 MB IDE and 4MB RAM. Mine's
    a DEC PC 450ST with an RZ35 and 20MB RAM but a slow Paradise card).
    
    Heard about DOOM from the Linux USENET conferences and wondered what
    all the excitement was about. We bought a shareware CD at a show, and
    found DOOM on it. Now it appears to be time to send in the registration
    and start learning how to design WAD's, when I find the time.
    
    Might just be the escape from testing DECsafe and other products
    all day long :-).
    
    

    
    Bayard, ID was more than willing to do the port to OSF/1 if were
    willing to lend them a machine! It had been all arranged and something
    happened to the deal and it fell apart... I got it all started but
    someone else was working on it and probably got TFSO'd...
    
    Damn shame - we could have been first, even before SGI!
    
    -Ray
    

    It was bound to happen sooner or later, and here it is, my
    introduction.
    
    I am running a dx2 66, 16 RAM, 528 HD, D Stealth 64 2Mb DRAM,
    Soundblaster Pro 16, Duel Speed Panasonic CD-ROM, and some other stuff.
    
    DOOM was good, DOOM2 is even better, and I love the little fat rocket
    launcher type blokeys!  And deathmatch is what the world was created
    for!!!!!
    
    Ed

    Alright Trev, if it'll make you happy.
    
    My motherboard supports both PCI and VESA, and the graphics card is PCI
    (which can be a disappointment to look at, because it's so small!!)
    
    Also, I've got a 15" monitor, the screen on which goes right to the
    very corners, making DOOM just that bit bigger!!!!!

    Just realised I haven't done an intro .... shock horror! So in an
    attempt to quiten things down in here before Ed and Mark start a severe
    fraggin' between the two of them....
    
    Daniel Howell, I.T. placement x.500 engineering, Reading
    
    486DX33
    4Mb RAM
    170Mb IDE
    Cirrus GLD5428 (?? I think ??) VLB acc. grafix
    Plain boring (tm) 14" SVGA monitor
    Plain boring (tm) montior speakers
    Sound Blaster PRO
    Panasonic 2x CD
    Novell NE2000 network
    
    Prefer keyboard play, as per usual love deathmatch.
    
    Playing around with making some wads....
    
    Just plain boring (tm) I guess ;-) !!

    ayup, I haven't introduced myself or my machine either...
    
    Dave Mitton, PATHWORKS Client Engineering
    
    Gateway 2000 Tower
    90Mhz Pentium, 16MB, CD, 2*548MB WD Caviars
    ATI Mach 64 PCI 2MB SVGA, Crystal Scan 17" monitor
    Jazz-16 SB compatable sound, Yamaha Speakers
    
    I can do ~44fps! High detail, full screen, So there! ;^P
    
    Prefer keyboard for exploring, mouse for shooting
    
    I find that Doom exploring has sucked up too much of my precious spare
    time, that I should be hacking on my own stuff.  Sigh.

Greg McCaddon
DECwest Facilities, ZSO

DECpc 420sx
8 MB RAM (recent upgrade)
Fusion 16 upgrade

Dang if this game didn't give me headaches for the install.
Turned out I had IRQ conflicts that I didn't even know 
existed. Seven days later, finally got it going (not mention
my fax modem) 8^( .

I too prefer to use the keyboard for exploration, and the
mouse for the aiming/shooting/dodging.

To the Young, be the Doomed!

Greg

    	Morning! (I won't say it's good...)
    
    
    	Bob Clark
    	APS Engineering
    
    	Been dooming for a while now. Was introduced to it by Ken Swanson,
    our local PC guru...
    
    Have a new system which I bout from EasternTech out of Woburn:
    
    	486DX2/66MHZ
    	8 MB Memory
    	SVGA card with 15 inch monitor
    	SoundBlaster Pro
    	BOCO 14.4 FAX/modem
    	dual speed CDROM
    	450MB IDE Hard
    	5.25 Floppy
    	3.5  Floppy
    
    	Hmm, I must've forgot something. Just tried out Aliens-TC yesterday
    on a DECpc in my office (I use it for "experimenting" for I don't want
    to screw up my system at home!)	8>)
    
    
    	Had no problem installing Aliens. The only problem we had to
    overcome was getting a way to put Aliens-TC.ZIP on floppy! We ended up
    running SoftPC on my VS4000 and backing up Aliens-TC.ZIP. Twas easy....
    
    I use this notes conference one in a while to read about others'
    adventures with Doom. It's addicting as hell! 
    
    Have a Happy Halloween!!!!
    
    
    bc

re: -.few

> Gateway 2000 Tower 90Mhz Pentium, 16MB, CD, 2*548MB WD Caviars ATI Mach 64
> PCI 2MB SVGA, Crystal Scan 17" monitor Jazz-16 SB compatable sound, Yamaha
> Speakers
  
I've recently acquired a similar setup...  
    GW2k p90, 
    16meg, 
    1gig HD, 
    ati 2mb vram pci, 
    17" crystalscan,
    toshiba 3401 CD, 
    sb16asp/scsi2, 
    old home stereo for sound.

> I can do ~44fps! High detail, full screen, So there! ;^P

But Doom maxes out at 35fps ... so that's what you get -- same as me! :-)



- jeff

    What?  My reputation precedes me?   And I thought that only happened to
    others!
    
    Ken Swanson  (No PC guru, it's just magic :')
    
    486DX/50
    20 Meg ram
    NEC 4D 16" monitor.
    Media Vision Thunder & Lightning board (8-bit Sound Blaster & accelerated
      video card on one)
    Plextor quad speed CDROM drive
    USR Sportster 14.4 fax/modem
    
    Don't have Doom II yet, but I have enough fun with the assortment of
    WAD files out there, and playing Alien vs Predator on my Atari Jaguar!
    
    
    Ken
    
    

    
         Hi All,
    
         RE:-.1
    
         Ken, Plextor 4 spin? Say, how is that for a CD-Rom? I'm in the
            market to buy one...
    
         RE: General...
    
         What, no one's got a 28.8 modem yet?! Haha, time for me to stick
            out my tongue! ;^P :^)
    
         Mike_who_needs_to_work_overtime_to_get_a_P90_or_P100
    

  >       Ken, Plextor 4 spin? Say, how is that for a CD-Rom? I'm in the
  >          market to buy one...
    
    It's great.  CDINFO (a german program) says it's giving me 680K/sec
    transfer rate.  Return to Zork's cd benchmark progam says it's 580K
    though, so I don't know which to believe.
    
    I haven't had any problems with it.  It has jumpers for disabling the
    eject button, and forcing it to single-speed.  I have the "single
    speed" jumper hooked up the the keyboard switch so I can compare the
    speed difference!
    
    Don't know what else to say about it..... it's got 1 Meg of buffer
    onboard, but you probably already knew that if you were looking into
    it.
    
    Ken
    
    

Al Legerlotz


	Packard Bell Legend 100CD (Mutimedia)
	Pentium 60
	1MB VRAM (want to upgrade to 2MB!)
	15in Monitor 8^(


I have the registered DOOM, and DOOM II (bought a CD, but installed the whole
thing for better performance). I usually play at UltraViolence, and don't use the
cheat keys (its tempting sometimes).

I haven't played via modem, but Deathmatch sounds like it would be fun.

-Al

    
    Greetings to all the other DOOMed folks.
    
    Been reading this note for a while, since finding DOOM the shareware
    version on the net.  After a nice DOOMed weekend I had to get the reg'd
    version.
    
    Play on a 386/33 with no sound.  I thought it was great till I played
    on my fathers Pentium 60 with SB16.  What an amazing difference. 
    Called Gateway 2k, Micron and other mail orders for their catalogs, but
    will probably be stuck with the 386... it still does the job.
    
    I am still on DOOM, shores of hell, but the old man has DOOM II and I
    was playing it a bit this weekend.
    
    Best stuff in DOOM...
    Exploding a rocket or barrel next to a creature and watching him
    vaporize.  Same with the super-punch in berserk mode.  Chainsaw is cool
    to... its my fathers favorite.
    
    Now back to read-only mode.
    
    - Jim Caiazzi

    
    Howdy Folks.  Looks like I'm not the only one addicted to Doom.  I had
    to buy a PC compatible to do my master's thesis project, but I find now
    that I can't turn the thing off without playing Doom for at least a 1/2
    hour. ;-)
    
    Specs:
    
    		Comtrade P60 PCI SCSI WinStation w/ 8 Mb
    		Diamond Stealth 64 PCI w/ 2 Mb
    		540 Mb HD (from Digital, much to my surprise)
    		17" Mag DX17F Monitor
    
    I had to sacrifice 8 Mb of memory and the multimedia goodies to get
    the bigger monitor and still keep the price reasonable.  After working
    on this nice 19" monitor all day, 14" would have been a painful
    transition.  It looks like I better find out what my Doom frame rate is
    so that I can find my place in the food chain here... ;-)
    
    Scott

    Steve Sobot, currently working in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
    
    As Descartes once said, "I Doom therefore I am" !
    
    
    Cheers,						Steve

    Ok, I'm hooked as well, so might as well chime in...
    
    Kratz Brown
    PCBU
    
    Gateway P5-60
    64Mb
    Matrox Ultima 2+ PCI
    Viewsonic 21
    Adaptec 2940
    1GbIDE/546MbIDE/3x500MbSCSI
    NEC 4xi CD
    PAS16
    Zoom VFP modem,
    3COM 3C509
    Microsoft Mouse V2
    Flightstick

    
    S'pose I should - after all the help I get in here.....
    
    
    Gary Withall    CSC Basingstoke
    
    Dell 433si     486/33    soon to become a 66
    4mb                      another 8 following
    256 cache
    240 meg hd
    Sb16
    Panasonic Creative Cd Rom.
    80W  Amplified surround sound speakers 
    
    Saw Doom ][ in action at a customer site. Got a copy and stuck it on my
    dads machine ^    
    
    
    Good game..  
    Looking forward to trying SIM2000, - can I say that here ????????
    
    
    Gary 

    Another CSC bod in here hoorah
    
    Mark

> Dell 433si     486/33    soon to become a 66

Gary, 

Get an AMD DX2/80 ... mucho-better!  Bus speed goes up to 40MHz, and the chip
speed goes to 80MHz!  Some folks have reported these systems are faster than
DX4/100's (tripled 33's) due to the higher bus speed.  The price difference is
not all that much.

Besides, those AMD DX2/80's are keeping us Digital Semiconductor folks
employed ... AND making Digital money!!!!

:-)


- jeff_not_biased,_nope_not_me,_never!!_:-)

    
    
    Jeff, 
    
    If I was buying I would !!   
    
    This machine replaced my old mans DEC 286 that I got him. Compared to
    that this baby flies.
    
    Gary.
    

    
    <<< Note 3.61 by KERNEL::BROWNM "DRAC" >>>
    
    >>Another CSC bod in here hoorah  
    
    Mark,   are you set up here ?. Whats the chances of getting a
    Deathmatch or two going ?
    
    
    
    Gary

    As in in the csc, nope, I haven't got the room on my hard disk.  I'm
    always looking for my *shock*horror* first death match game if you want
    to meet outside of work and link up, I just need to get my hands on a
    null modem cable
    
    Mark

    Jeff$touting AMD with a Pentium 90 at home!!!
    
    :^)
    

> Jeff$touting AMD with a Pentium 90 at home!!!

Yabbut not fer long!


- jeff_headin_to_K5_city!

    Been a fly on the wall of this conference for a while so I guess I
    should do my duty.
    
    Nick Hewett  CS @SBP in England (Assume most of you are State side?)
    
    486 66DX2 vlb
    Orchid P9000VLB 2Mb VRAM
    32Mb RAM (not enough) (for electronic imaging I mean)
    170Meg IDE + 1Gig SCSI (= Plenty)
    8 bit Sound blaster clone linked to old amp and hi-fi speakers
    
    I like to turn up the sound turn out the lights and `feel' the noise
    
    Use the keyboard for left-right and speed control and mouse for the
    rest. With this config' I can do a smooth 360 around my target while
    facing it (and plugging it with lead, plasma, whatever) all the time.
    
    Almost finished DOOM ][ on UV but got side tracked by Aliens-TC
    
    Come to think of it I was well into Privateer until I got side tracked
    by DOOM ][.
    
    Currently trying to work out the right modem settings to get a Death
    Match going with a friend (at the moment it only works if he rings me).
    I'd like to start a new Modem topic where people can share their modem
    settings, configs, problems etc. but being new to noting could do with
    some advice on `WRITE' protocol.
    
    I cut my teeth on Wolfenstein by the way and I still get nauseous if I
    watch over someones shoulder. It's simple motion sickness. Having a
    chair with wheels helps so you can move about a bit. What's wrong with
    trying to see round the corners, my wife has a fit when I fly back from
    the desk - mouse flailing uselessly in mid-air.
    
    Jeez I'm going on... Sorry
    
    Tara,
    		Nick.
     
     
    

    OK...
    
    Type :-
    
    WRITE <return>
    
    Enter the text for your base note (note .0). A general description of
    what the stream is about is a good idea.
    
    CTRL-Z when you've finished.
    
    Enter a title (ie. MODEM games)
    
    Press ENTER, then ENTER again. Voila, done! New note.....
    
    Dan
    
    P.S. Actually there's a few of us here in the UK too :-)

    Then again, a DOOM modem topic already exists...
    
    (do a 
    		DIR /TITLE="MODEM" )
    
    ...so don't bother!

After having read this conference and the doom topic in GAMES for over a year 
and made a few contributions, I thought I should make an entry here.

System
------

486DXII (ISA only!)
8Mb Ram
340 + 170 disks
Cirrus Logic video
el cheapo I/O card
8 bit sound galaxy
Gravis joystick
Soon to be got CDROM (my wife is going to get me this!!!!!!!!!)

Done all of Wolf, Spear, Doom, Doom][ using a joystick. Going to try using 
the keyboard to see if it is easier to control. I would love to play 
deathmatch but I haven't got any friends (sob, sob) or a modem. If anyone in
Ayr (Scotland) wants to offer to play deathmatch give me a call!!!!!!!!!


Stuart Littlejohn

    hooray!! someone else who admits to using a joystick :-)

    Yeah, but he hasn't stated his health / armour / amo, so it doesn't
    count!!!
    
    ARF!
    
    Ed

    Well if you got off your lazy bum and put the .lmp up, someone could
    check it and find out!!! ;-)
    
    I'll find out tonight for you....
    
    Dan (wrong topic I guess!)

    Might as well own up to being here...
    
    Been running Doom ][ only so can't get any of these other wads to work
    unless I buy V1.5 (might do actually).
    
    Running on a 90Mhz Pentium with a 4megVram Stealth 64 PCI card. System
    ram is only 16meg. Game runs real smooth though, but is slowed down when
    playing deathmatch to my old 486-33 isa based machine. I hope to get
    them networked together soon so that might improve performance.
    
    Anyone know if a wad is being or has been done of Deathpark ? I'm
    planning to do one of the Solent office but need to get my V1.5 game
    registered first unless there an editor for V2. Looks to be a bit of a
    learning curve to the wad editors too.
    
    
    paul
                                          

    re:-3
    
    Eat your Words Mason! Dan the super Doomer reigns on.
    
    
    I'll let Dan do the REAL honours tomorrow.

Dan Flowers, signing in.  I've been read-only... primarily since you're all
beyond my level.  I'm up to level 9 on Doom ][ in HMP mode.

486/66.  Just got a sound card and speakers!  Wow, what a difference!
I finished the Shareware version and 6 levels of D][ with no sound (not even
the PC speaker, since I play late at night when everyone else has gone to
bed :-)

I usually try to play for 100% everything before moving to a new level, but
I've been too anxious to play new levels to stick to that lately.

For those of you playing at home, do you deathmatch over phone lines?  I
guess I gotta find someone local...

Dan

    
    got your sound card just in time!  heretic doesnt even support pc
    speaker :').
    
    i do deathmatch over the network at home.  only tried modem once... 2
    players isnt quite the same as 4.
    

    Hi,
    
    just discovered Doom, and subsequently, this notes conference. Great
    game, and lots of good stuff in here.
    
    I recently inherited a PC from work (and old DEC(Tandy) 386/33, with
    8MB memory and a 175MB HD. Doom V.099 was already loaded, and I would
    occasionally play with it, but now that I've added a PAS 16bit sound 
    card, I play more often. Especially since discovering this file and
    learning about (& loading) the shareware v1.666....:^)
    
    Now, back to read-only mode, until I learn more about the game.
    
    Tally-ho!
    
    Freddie
    
    p.s. Where do I go to get questions answered that are *not* covered in
    the FAQ note?
    

    >>p.s. Where do I go to get questions answered that are *not* covered in
    >>the FAQ note?
    
    That's what this conference's for, Freddie! Look up a title using
    
    	dir /tit="whatyouwanttosearchfor"
    
    If it doesn't exist, start a new one.... :-)
    
    (Sorry if you know all this already.... I wasn't taking the p!*s...)
    
    Regards,
    Dan

    Dan,
    
    yeah...been there, done that. Before I posted a new note, I wanted to
    probe this conference's version of notes etiquette, to avoid getting 
    slammed with :"You pig-headed son of a jackal...This is discussed in note 
    17, reply 512, paragraph 14, subsection g", or "Try the XXX notes
    file".
    
    Maybe I should start a "not-FAQ" note...:^)
    
    Tally-ho!
    
    Freddie
    
    
     

    
         Hi all,
    
         To Update:
    
         Michael T Murray
         Process Engineering Technician (hey, new job too!)
         Digital Semiconductor
         HLO1, Hudson, MA
    
         I just finished putting together...
    
         Intel P90
         Acer MB with onboard IDE
         16 Meg memory
         540 Meg hardrive
         Matsumi (or Matsasumi?) Quad speed IDE CD-ROM
         Diamond Stealth 64 2Meg VRAM PCI graphics board
         Sound Blaster Pro II
    
         Acer 76i 17" flatscreen monitor
    
         "Ahhh, yesss, itsa verrra nahse..."
    
         I can finally play X-Com too!
    
                                                           Cheers,
                                                            Mike.
                                                                 

    
    Can we have a look then?
    

         re: -.1
    
         "Ahhh, nooo, you arrre silly Englash types..."
    
         "Then what are you?"
    
         "We arrre French, wha else do yoou theenk we have thise
          outrrageous accent?"
    
         "What are the French doing in England?"
    
         "Ahhh, minda your own bisinasss..."
    
     
         Sorry, I couldn't resist! :^)
    
         We now return you to your regarly scheduled note, already in
            progress...
    
                                                     Ah, Camelot,
                                                      Mike.

    
    MOOOO!!!!
    

    Hi All,
    
    Alan O'Dea
    HLO  @Fab6
    Equipment tech
    
    	I'm bustin' 'em up with a GW2K P5/75 730MB/16MB/2VR/4X CD...
    My 2 year old daughter could care less; however, my 4 year old
    daughter ALWAYS likes to help out, such as:
    
    	- "You forgot the key Daddy"
    	- "Daddy, did you get shot ? Mommy it's YOUR turn, ...Daddy's dead."
    	- "Daddy, how come your getting shot but your not dead ?"
    
    (#$@$@&%*!  kids... 8^), ya' gotta watch 'em, they're a lot smarter now)
    
    	- Anyone else know what I mean ??  
    
    		(C'mon, don't lie, you know who you are )
    
    Alan
       

    Just call me Dave,
    
    486DLC 40M 14400 bps 8m ram
    
    As for daugters mine always ask why is daddy's eyes all green and
    mommy's are normal.

	Frank Way
	BASEstar Engineering
	RCH (Rocky Hill CT)


	Found the Shareware version one night at the checkout counter
	in CompUSA.  Loaded it up.

	Just recently picked up the Ultimate Doom CD.


	No kids, so its just me and my 486-50, 8MB, PAS-16 sound card.

	
	Lotsa fun.  Sometimes, after a frustrating day, I go in, turn
	on god-mode, UV setting, give myself a beserk and just punch
	away, and away, and away.  Love that sound it makes when you	
	clock someone and they just disintegrate.   (Sorry, guess
	I got carried away there....)


	Anyway, I'm still trying to figure out how the use the
	cheat codes in Nightmare mode.  I know someone in here had
	it, but they're not with this fine company any more....8^)
	If anyone knows.....


frank

    Saw this in the shops at the weekend at about 30 quid. Read the
    blah-blah and decided against buying it. It has effectively only
    another 9 new levels so whats the point - i've got a whole CD full of
    levels that the sharewares created so why pay 30 quid for IDs nine.
    
    Definately a rip-off.
    
    Shaun

    I *think* there is a free upgrade for registered Doom users, I'm just
    checking it out.
    
    Greg

I wasn't a registered user though.

I had been planning on calling the 1-800 number to register and get the "real"
game.  I hadn't gotten around to it.  When I was in the store, I saw the CD and
decided it was only $44 (if I remember right -- it might have been $39) which
was just a tad more than what registration would cost me....

That's why I picked it up....  If I had been a registered user, it wouldn't
have made economic sense to buy it.


frank

$39?  At COMP-USA in Atlanta, it's for sale for $24.95.  By the way, I got the
upgrade from id's ftp server and upgraded my copy over the weekend.  Episode
4 is quite a bit harder than the first three episodes.  There are Barons of Hell
all over the place!

    re .<- yes, COMPUSA has it on sale for $24.95 until July 27th.
    You can get in mail order (1 800 COMPUSA), but the "shipping"
    charge is about $7 and you still have to pay sales tax (if your
    state has sales tax AND a COMPUSA)...

>    re .<- yes, COMPUSA has it on sale for $24.95 until July 27th.
>    You can get in mail order (1 800 COMPUSA), but the "shipping"
>    charge is about $7 and you still have to pay sales tax (if your
>    state has sales tax AND a COMPUSA)...

We've got a COMPUSA but it's an hour's drive.  It's down in Orange, CT, which
is past New Haven.  I'm up in the Hartford area.

Supposedly they're putting one in in the Hartford area by the fall, but I
haven't heard where.

I've been the one in Orange once, and their sales help was very condescending
and rude, and I'm not into being dealt with like that when I'm there to spend
money 8^)

I guess I paid the extra money for the convenience of buying it with 10 minutes
of home.  With the price of gas here in CT, I'd have eaten up that much money
driving to Orange 8^)


frank

    I lied; it's $29.95 thru today at COMPUSA according to the flier
    (not $24.95).  Sorry if anybody was adamant to a COMPUSA sales droid
    about the $24.95 price.  Kratz

    Since I entered a question in the conference, I should now confess.
    I can only hope no one I will ever come in contact with will read this.
    
    Kurt Astor
    Subsystems Engineering Support - Colorado Springs.
    
    I am addicted to doom.  My wife is not an enabler.  I set a bad example
    for my kids.  My two year old son says "Daddy...shooot..bad....guuys"
    and wants to sit on my lap as I start fragging.  I let him open doors
    with the spacebar.  I need help! :)
    
    My computer is state of the art.. in 1992.
    
    DEC 433ST (486DX/33, daughtercard CPU, upgrade cpu card costs more money 
       than a new computer!)
    
    No secondary cache (proprietary design, this is impossible to find now 
       as an upgrade for any reasonable amount of money)
    
    PAS16 sound card with really slow CD (really cheap!, sounds OK)
    
    External speakers for a sony walkman (really cheap!, sound is better
       than PC speaker)
    
    8MB memory
    
    14 inch monitor (painful)
    
    512K paradise video card. ISA (sorta painful, better than some I
       tested)
    
    SCSI and IDE disks
    
    Runs Doom pretty well (saving grace of entire system)