Oooh, this is getting soooo frustrating...
"Alyce Addertongue" <no.reply@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Thanks, I'll try those sites.
>
> On my Dell, the video runs (off the CD) but after the first
> bot-description segment, the CD doesn't hand off to the game properly -
> the screen goes black and I eventually have to use TaskManager to kill
the
> app. I don't have this problem on the other older machine. Anyone have
a
> suggestion on how to tweak this? I have the rest of the game - without
> videos - installed on the HD, and didn't have any (obvious) problems
with
> the install...
>
> ~AA
>
> "rms" <rsquiresREMOVE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>> A) are there any copies of the original Descent (D1?) still lying
>>> around?
>>
>> There are many copies of D1+D2 on ebay for a few dollars. You still
>> need the retail disks since they have the artwork and level files. The
>> actual .exe has been rewritten by the fan base to run on today's
>> machines. There are more than one of these re-compilation projects.
>>
>>> B) has anyone tried to run D1 on an XP machine? D2 runs fine on my HP
>>> cheapie, but has some issues on my Dell dual-core machine.
>>
>> http://www.descent2.de/
>> http://www.dxx-rebirth.de/main.php
>>
>> Both should play D1 as well as D2, you can try them both. Dual-core
>> issues are usually solved by disabling the 2nd core with a utility, or
>> setting the 'cpu affinity' with task manager.
>>
>> rms
>>
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