enderzero wrote: ↑Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:16 pm
Ahh that explains it. Thanks for the insight both of you. No need for tweeeeeeaking in this day and age.
Sometimes I miss it.
But then I realize that these days, I can just click a button, my game is installed, and I can play it.
As opposed to:
Putting in a card. Realizing the jumpers are set wrong. Fight with jumpers for two hours.
Finally get the jumpers set.
Realize that something is wrong with network settings between two machines. Oh shit, the end of the 10 base 2 network isn't terminated correctly.
Cool, the machines are talking.
Oh no! Sound settings aren't working. This game says it supports General MIDI, but even though the AWE32 says it's General MIDI compliant, it isn't detected. Crap, I guess FM it is. (actually these days I prefer FM

)
Ok, sound's working. NO!!! Not enough XMS. Reboot, load a different config.sys and autoexec.bat.
***Intermission***
SHIT! Mr. Drake is coming! No!!!
"What are you two knuckleheads doing to my autoexec.bat?!?!?!?! I paid McNeal and Associates $500 to set those up!!!"
Hehehe...
***/Intermission***
Ok, I can finally load the game, hear the game, see the game. Yay!!! Set up the game options.
Oh... Great. It took so long we don't have time to play the game. See you guys later.
Ok, that's the ancient version of tweaking. The Interim Tweakage Era as it will hereby be known, was a little easier. Mostly BIOS settings, and drivers. A touch of overclocking. Tidings of good will Pentium 3 processors! That was fun, but it's still nicer to click a button and play I think.
