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I got a Cyrix/IBM 6x86-P166+. Has anyone noticed that when they install the Windows95 version of ICR2, that during hardware testing, one of the messages that comes back is: "Detected CyrixX86-133 (tested)" "Your processor is not good enough to run ICR2 under Win95, You need a Pentium 60" This gave me a good laugh. As you can notice they said "CyrixX86" rather than "Cyrix 6X86", so they could be mixed up with the Cyrix 5x86 rather than the 6x86. But even so, I believe the Cyrix 5x86 was at least the equivalent of a Pentium 75 in performance, so even that was good enough, if a Pentium 60 is all that's necessary. One would almost be tempted to suggest that Papyrus/Sierra was in cahoots with Intel to put that message in there. But I'm not an Intel basher, so I'll let someone else suggest that. :-) Anyways, I've also got some kind of patch for the Win95 version. Does that fix this problem? Also I'm having trouble getting the joystick working in the Win95 version. I see a joystick driver in my soundcards, and game controllers device list, but I have no idea if that is working or not. Now, on a completely different note, I was completely amazed to find out that that Microprose GP2 (the DOS version) works in a full screen DOS Window of Win95, without requiring a drop-down to single-DOS mode. Just as a rule, I tend to always try to drop down to single-DOS mode when playing games, but I guess that's just a hangover from the Win 3.1 days. Yousuf Khan

I saved the Bulls car in N2 and made a new driver named M_Jordon, but can NOT laod the file I down loaded. Yes I did rename the pcx file correctly. > check out my home page, http://copper.ucs.indiana.edu/~bmishkin

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> >I got a Cyrix/IBM 6x86-P166+. > >Has anyone noticed that when they install the Windows95 version of ICR2, > >that during hardware testing, one of the messages that comes back is: > >"Detected CyrixX86-133 (tested)" > >"Your processor is not good enough to run ICR2 under Win95, > >You need a Pentium 60" > >This gave me a good laugh. > Well, anyone running ICR2 under Win95 in and of itself gave me a good > laugh... > Notwithstanding that, it appears to be quite common for programs and > BIOS's to identify non-Intel chips as something other than what they > are capable of. As with GP2's estimated frame rate, the real-world > label would be "Disregard and see what ya get..." > Rgds, > Mark

i'm running indycar2 win95 svga full detail except grass, and i'm getting 21fps no bugs or crashes on a P133. i've also run the dos version and still get the same frame rate as win95 version. but what really makes me laugh is you dumb cheap cunts who buy jobber hardware, and expect the same results as those of us who save up for the real thing. software is written for microsoft, and intel, if you want something else don't complain when it doesn't work.

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> I saved the Bulls car in N2 and made a new driver named M_Jordon, but > can NOT laod the file I down loaded. Yes I did rename the pcx file > correctly. > > check out my home page, http://copper.ucs.indiana.edu/~bmishkin

Did you convert the GIF file to PCX format?

Well, anyone running ICR2 under Win95 in and of itself gave me a good laugh... Notwithstanding that, it appears to be quite common for programs and BIOS's to identify non-Intel chips as something other than what they are capable of. As with GP2's estimated frame rate, the real-world label would be "Disregard and see what ya get..." Rgds, Mark