On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 23:46:33 -0500 (EST), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> First thing that comes to mind was a little voice > that came out of the PC speaker. Said something like, > "Help, I've fallen into the computer and I can't get > out!" Worked fine on a 286 running MS-DOS 3.3. Worked > ok on a 386 running MS-DOS 5.0. Didn't work on an > AMD K5-75 running MS-DOS 5.0, or OpenDOS 7.x. So the problem is non-intel hardware and the bios that came with it, not the age of the DOS. <g> > Then there was... GeoClock, I think it was called. > It showed a map of the earth with where the sun was > shining and where it was dark. The shadow moved > across the map according to time of day and time of > year. Worked fine on 386. Didn't work on K5. Same thing. > Then there was a (racing) game called HiOctane. > Worked as late as P-166 under OpenDOS 7.x. Moved the > hard drive to a K6-2-500, and poof. Wouldn't work any > more. Gee. Fool me twice, shame on you. Fool me 3 times, shame on me. <GGG> I've got a Cyrix 586 that isn't quite perfect myself. ;-) - Clarence Verge - Back to using Arachne V1.62 on a real Intel P90 ....;-)
