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Conference 501clb::pcdoom

Title:	Doom - The Game
Notice:	Doom stuff - see 183 Out of HOURS Access
Moderator:	BAHTAT::HILTON

Created:	Wed Jun 15 1994
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	212
Total number of notes:	3287

65.0. "Doom on WinNT" by KAOOA::SOWREY (Son Of Worf) Wed Jun 29 1994 13:54

    Straight from the horses mouth ... or should I say the other end??
    
    
    Group alt.games.doom
    article  29431          09:45:12.46       available: 26887 - 29615
    unread: 175
    
    From: billmcc@microsoft.com (Bill McCormick)
    Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
    Subject: Re: CAN I RUN DOOM ON WINDOWS NT?
    Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 02:03:37
    Organization: Microsoft Corporation
    Lines: 10
    
    In article <2uoaon$3si@search01.news.aol.com> dpayne1@aol.com (DPAYNE1)
    writes:
    >has anyone out there been able to run doom under windows NT.  I am
    >about to lose my OS/2 machine at work and I will be going to NT.
    
    Doom 1.2 runs under Daytona (Windows NT 3.5) but not under Windows NT
    3.1.
    
    You can also wait for WinDOOM, which is due in about "2 weeks..."  :-)
    
    Bill
    
    
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65.1		KDX200::ROBR	Dust fills my eyes...	`Wed Jun 29 1994 19:40`	4
	actually, ive run doom under intel NT 3.1 and 3.5. It runs very slow under NT 3.1. It just runs slow under Daytona.
65.2	Chciage	BAHTAT::HILTON	Beer...now there's a temporary solution	`Fri Jul 01 1994 09:29`	8
	FWIW I tried it on Chicago yesterday and it ran great Cheers, Greg
65.3	just cant run it windowed yet	KDX200::ROBR	Dust fills my eyes...	`Tue Jul 12 1994 18:07`	3
	yep, complete with sound and really no slowdown that i noticed.
65.4		FORTY2::HOWELL	Just get to the point...	`Mon Feb 13 1995 14:22`	8
	Okay anyone want to help here. Oh lord, they've just plonked a DECpc Alpha 150 running NT within arms reach of me. Will Doom run on this, without fuss? Dan$no_experience_of_NT_whatsoever
65.5		KDX200::ROBR	Twisted grey face in the rain...	`Mon Feb 13 1995 14:32`	4
	absolutely not. doom requires a 386, nt for alpha will not emulate the 386 instruction set. it WOULD run under NT on intel of course.
65.6		FORTY2::HOWELL	Just get to the point...	`Mon Feb 13 1995 14:36`	3
	Rightho. (bummer) :-(
65.7	c'mon AMT!!!	SUBPAC::MAGGARD	Mail Order Wives	`Mon Feb 13 1995 14:39`	12
	Someone oughtta stick a burr under the Alpha_Migration_Tools_Group's arse and get them to ship their Win16->NT_Alpha run-time binary translator, and let the demon blood fly! - jeff_wouldn't_be_surprised_ if_they_deliberately_held_ this_back_just_because_of us_Doom_addicts_:-)
65.8		PCBUOA::KRATZ		`Mon Feb 13 1995 19:20`	21
	NT also doesn't work with DOS audio drivers either... so even if it did run, it would be pretty dull. But while we're on the subject, I thought this was pretty good (from InfoWorld, Dec26/Jan2 issue, Nicholas Petreley's "Down to the Wire" predictions column): ;-) "1995: Digital Equipment Corporation joins with Steve Jobs and ports NextStep to the Alpha chip to try to generate some interest in the Alpha PC" "1996: Digital joins with IBM and ports OS/2 to the Alpha chip to try and generate some interest in the Alpha PC" "1997: Digital joins with Novell and ports NetWare to the Alpha chip to try and generate some interest in the Alpha PC" "1998: Digital joins with id Software and ports the latest version of Doom to the Alpha chip to try and generate some interest in the Alpha PC" "1999: Digital sells 6,000,000 Alpha PCs"
65.9		KDX200::ROBR	Twisted grey face in the rain...	`Mon Feb 13 1995 20:47`	7
	yep, thats also true. NT does not allow applications to directly access hardware, so no DOS apps will have sound when running under NT. But .VxD's could be written to hook DOS calls, so it is possible down the road if soundcard vendors decide its worth it...