[gameprogrammer] Re: Extended memory

I think #2 sums it up pretty well - simplicity over capability. Though 
technically right now I'm not really working on a game, this is actually a data 
processing program for a digital telescope, but its basically the same kind of 
thing

Anyway, thanks for all the help - watcom solved most of by problems by itself, 
though I'll try to track down that EMM thing - some of my functions don't seem 
to work in protected mode




--- Robbert de Groot <zekaric@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> why is it he wants to use dos? is it just for fun?

I can't comment on where he lives or for what purposes he needs to run DOS
instead of a more moderm system with windows but there could be many
reasons.

1/ Where he lives in the world there exists many people with older systems
that can not run windows 95 even and DOS is still prevalent.

2/ He's making a kiosk game where simplicity may over ride the need for a
more complex system.  DOS game programming was orders of magnitude easier
than coding the same game under a windows.  That is assuming you are using
existing libraries for graphics and sound to help out.  If you are doing
everthing then the reverse is true.

3/ The client spec'ed the requirements of a DOS game so there is no choice.

Some of the top of the old noggin.

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