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From: 6600prao@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Parik Rao)
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Subject: Re: Wing Commander.
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Date: 20 Oct 90 05:34:17 GMT
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 works fine on a 286, just eats up 560k (so you need
to really crunch things up).  Works even better on a
386, but it isn't terribly slow.  I tested it out on
a 286 @ 12 mhz w/ ad-lib and a 386 @ 33 mhz with a
roland, the 286 was decent, the speed reminded me
of fighter bomber on a a500.  On a 386 things went
by very quickly.  It does come on 3 1.2" meg drives
I believe, very compact code.  It took almost half
an hour to install on my IBM, and took up 7 megs!
Tis is because they have an option where all the
graphics are unpacked and so forth so it loads up
quickly.  You can of course leave things scrunched
and let it take longer to load.  If you are uncomfy
with the VGA speed you can drop down to EGA and play
at a good clip.
 
still, rick dangerous II is more fun...<grin>