rec.autos.simulators

by **Greg Cisk** » Sun, 16 Aug 1998 04:00:00

>Yep, such a comment really could only come from a sysadmin. I'm sure one
>day you will offer a bit of helpful advice but until then you will remain
>doomed to being someone only fit for plugging in ethernet connections....

Not quite. That is for 2 other fellas to do. I just trouble shoot all
sorts of PC in addition to my main sysadmin responsibilities.
In fact I believe there is no way DirectX impacts things going
on in a DOS window. That is why I asked for *REAL* proof.
I wanted to learn something new. Hey if anyone else has *REAL*
proof of this, go a head and post it. I'm genuinely curious.

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by **Uwe Schuerka** » Sun, 16 Aug 1998 04:00:00

>[unknown NT system administrator responsible for ~200 PC's]
>[Who learned everything by DOS *** :-) ]

>hehe...

Don't you just love euphemisms? That should have read
;-)

Uwe

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by **Greg Cisk** » Sun, 16 Aug 1998 04:00:00

Not quite. I'm not sure what NT systems you are used to***ing
around with. But that doesn't happen here. FWIW, I learned
everything about PC almost 10 years ago by setting up my home
PC for playing games. After that, NT is a piece of cake.

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by **Graham O Donova** » Mon, 17 Aug 1998 04:00:00

I didn't install direct x6 so GP2 is still working but ICr2 is going like
that and I have dx5 installed....

by **Greg Cisk** » Mon, 17 Aug 1998 04:00:00

>>In fact I believe there is no way DirectX impacts things going
>>on in a DOS window. That is why I asked for *REAL* proof.
>>I wanted to learn something new. Hey if anyone else has *REAL*
>>proof of this, go a head and post it. I'm genuinely curious.

>Then why not just ask, rather than getting all sarcastic and getting my

Because that is the type of guy that I am :-)

OK I thought so :-)

Many people offer thoughts. Many of which are also wrong. That is
why I figure someone needs to set the record straight. DX does not
impact any DOS games. Period.

W95 certainly alters PnP cards which may not work in DOS anyway.
There are many cases where you can play DOS games within W95
using W95's settings (including soundcard support). But this is much
different than DirectX (programming interface), as it is a system thing.

Believe it or not most peoples problems are easily explainable.
The problem is that for a 100% answer you need to be sitting
at their PC.

I understand what you are saying. You just never know sometimes.
But DIrectX does not affect DOS :-)

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by **coryta** » Fri, 21 Aug 1998 04:00:00

I'm running GP2 with Dx6, no problem.....

> >No, but if the DOS game is being run from within Windows then DirectX
may
> >be interferring with the game controller inputs. Yes, people should be

> Dear Mr. PC expert,

> Do you have any real proof of this?

> Thank you.
> Signed,
> [unknown NT system administrator responsible for ~200 PC's]
> [Who learned everything by DOS *** :-) ]

> hehe...

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> >running GP2 from "real" DOS but trying to explain that to someone who's
> >never used a CLI is a losing battle ;-)

> >Cheers,
> >Richard

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Installed DX6. Now can't run GP2

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