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Re: [EVEN MORE OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems



On 3/15/21 10:47 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Lu, 15 mar 21, 20:24:56, Sven Hartge wrote:
(I still vividly remember using memmaker and manual ordering the drivers
in config.sys and autoexec.bat to shave another 2KB from the lower
memory so the IPX driver would fit so Doom would run.)
For me it was Warcraft :)

And for some game (possibly also Warcraft) I had to pretend having a
sound card by listing the driver in config.sys, otherwise it wouldn't
even start.


For me it was "Worms".

And I was using QEMM and Quarterdeck Manifest to get maximal memory in the lower 640k.

regards,
chris


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