rec.autos.simulators

by **Greg Ber** » Fri, 09 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Has anyone tried this? Does it work? I'm thinking about installing
NT on my new system.

by **Eric T. Busc** » Fri, 09 Apr 1999 04:00:00

GPL will run under NT4.0 SP3 or later with the upcoming 1.1 patch. I
don't think you'll have much luck getting the DOS based N2 to run
however.

Eric

by **Brit and Lis** » Fri, 09 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Doesn't GPL require DirectX6? NT only supports DirectX3. We have to wait
until the magic OS that will be Windows 2000 for DirectX6 on the NT
platform. But then multi-processor *** will be a reality. (Imagine dual
K7's at 600Mhz on a 200Mhz bus running N3.... Cool!)
Later,
Brian

Impatiently waiting for N3

> GPL will run under NT4.0 SP3 or later with the upcoming 1.1 patch. I
> don't think you'll have much luck getting the DOS based N2 to run
> however.

> Eric

> > Has anyone tried this? Does it work? I'm thinking about
> installing
> > NT on my new system.

by **Chris Schlette** » Fri, 09 Apr 1999 04:00:00

What, GPL is only using DirectX3 interfaces?! Ugh.

by **Jason Reiner** » Fri, 09 Apr 1999 04:00:00

I believe it uses DirectX 5. If so you can run it with the Nt4 DirectX 5
hack. I have been playing Falcon 4.0 on NT for quite a while. Just do a
FTP search for nt4dx5.exe

Jason

by **Uwe Schuerka** » Tue, 13 Apr 1999 04:00:00

>>Doesn't GPL require DirectX6? NT only supports DirectX3. We have to wait
>>until the magic OS that will be Windows 2000 for DirectX6 on the NT

>I believe it uses DirectX 5. If so you can run it with the Nt4 DirectX 5
>hack. I have been playing Falcon 4.0 on NT for quite a while. Just do a
>FTP search for nt4dx5.exe

It's a shame Papy is wasting time and effort on this NT port. I'd much
rather see a Linux server port (rock stable, 24 hour operation like
quake servers provide and so on). GPL under NT...sheesh, it's a dying
platform, people.

Uwe
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by **G. Patric** » Tue, 13 Apr 1999 04:00:00

>:It's a shame Papy is wasting time and effort on this NT port. I'd much
>:rather see a Linux server port (rock stable, 24 hour operation like
>:quake servers provide and so on). GPL under NT...sheesh, it's a dying
>:platform, people.
>:
>:Uwe

Its my understanding that the next versions of both NT and Win9x will
essentially be the same platform, with NT being the "Professional"
version. While I agree that UNIX (Linux, etc.) is a very solid
platform for servers, I don't agree with the "NT is a dying platform"
statement. I run quite a few NT 4.0 servers and if properly set up,
they purr along quite well.

Just MHO..

G. Patricks

by **Alan Gauto** » Tue, 13 Apr 1999 04:00:00

> >:It's a shame Papy is wasting time and effort on this NT port. I'd much
> >:rather see a Linux server port (rock stable, 24 hour operation like
> >:quake servers provide and so on). GPL under NT...sheesh, it's a dying
> >:platform, people.
> >:
> >:Uwe

> Its my understanding that the next versions of both NT and Win9x will
> essentially be the same platform, with NT being the "Professional"
> version. While I agree that UNIX (Linux, etc.) is a very solid
> platform for servers, I don't agree with the "NT is a dying platform"
> statement. I run quite a few NT 4.0 servers and if properly set up,
> they purr along quite well.

Not so - an announcement over the past few days has revealed that there
will remain 2 separate versions of Windows in future: see
http://www.compshopper.co.uk/ for the story (you'll need to register
though).

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by **Chris Schlette** » Tue, 13 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Not anymore. :) Win98 gets an upgrade here soon, then the consumer version
of "Win2000" will be based on the Win9X code. :)

by **Jeff Szar** » Wed, 14 Apr 1999 04:00:00

:Has anyone tried this? Does it work? I'm thinking about installing
:NT on my new system.

NT won't touch N2 but N99 runs great under NT (slower then 9x but if
you're running the 3dfx version you don't notice it)

by **Ruud van Ga** » Wed, 14 Apr 1999 04:00:00

>:Has anyone tried this? Does it work? I'm thinking about installing
>:NT on my new system.

>NT won't touch N2 but N99 runs great under NT (slower then 9x but if
>you're running the 3dfx version you don't notice it)

I have 3Dfx and NT (and a W95 for games); where can I get the 3Dfx
drivers for under NT (I own a Diamond Monster 3D)?

Ruud van Gaal
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