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GPL or N2 under Win NT?

11 posts by 10 people · 08 Apr 1999 - 13 Apr 1999

Greg Beron 08 Apr 1999#460875
Has anyone tried this? Does it work? I'm thinking about installing NT on my new system.
Eric Busch 08 Apr 1999#460876
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
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
Quoted text (12 lines)> 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.
Jason Reine 08 Apr 1999#460879
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
>>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 -- Uwe Schuerkamp, Telemedia ////////////// Phone: +49 5241 80 10 66 Carl-Bertelsmann-Str. 161 I \\\\\\\\\\ uwe.schuerkamp at telemedia.de 33311 Guetersloh \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ http://www.schuerkamp.de PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61
G. Patric 12 Apr 1999#461690
>: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
Alan Gauton 12 Apr 1999#461691
Quoted text (13 lines)> >: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). -- AG Remove removes to remove anti-spam measures. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alan Gauton + Tel +44 141-548-2686 EEE Department, SPD, + Fax +44 141-552-2487 204 George St., Glasgow G1 1XW+ http://www.spd.eee.strath.ac.uk/users/ag ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Not anymore. :) Win98 gets an upgrade here soon, then the consumer version of "Win2000" will be based on the Win9X code. :)
Jeff Szar 13 Apr 1999#461862
: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)
>: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 MarketGraph / MachTech: http://www.marketgraph.nl Art: http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery

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