TTDLX in Hasbro's "Tycoon collection"

[Mike Wagstaff]

The good news:

I'm never getting Winblowz 2000.

The bad news:

If you're upgrading to Windows "Millenium" (the follow-up to
Win 98), I read somewhere that real-mode compatibility has
been removed to make the whole thing more stable. The
article (sorry, I forgot where this article came from) also
said that real-mode was used to ensure compatibility with
older DOS programs. I don't wish to worry anyone, but this
*may* mean that TTO/TTDLX won't work at all under Windows
Millenium...

The good news:

You now have a very good reason not to donate that old 386
to a more worthy cause, but keep it exclusively for playing
Transport Tycoon!

-Mike [http://games.hplx.net]

[Boudewijn]

Edward Bernard <e...@ttworld.the-whale.com> schreef in berichtnieuws
82un87$9s...@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...

Not bad! I'll give you a B+! You'd probably want to
consider using "@echo off", however, just to be really neat
and tidy. But using "copy con" to write a batch file... Wow!
I thought that particular idea went along with the dinosaurs!

Thank you.
Is there a difference between using copy con and any alternatives (please
name them)

Never heard of The Norton Commander? It has a good editor, and is a good
file-manager, but with the long filenames nowadays, you better not use it on
that. There is a DOS-editor that keeps the long names, but that is from
Microsoft, and strange enough, it already supported long names even before
1994, when they weren't even there! (I think.)

[Boudewijn]

Mike Wagstaff <a...@dial.pipex.com> schreef in berichtnieuws
77262854492612NEWS...@news.dial.pipex.com...

Well, whatever you prefer... The fact is, however. that
Memmaker is not exactly a thing of beauty - it's an ugly
kludge to get around the fact that DOS' memory handling is
antiquated and horrible.

I thought that was because Intel's memory handling is so damn complicated,
and also, it completely throws away 4 bits in every addition, and with a
clock speed of 66 MHz, that's more than 7 Mb per second! Or am I
overcalculating?

[Trikky]

Mike Wagstaff <a...@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:217762854503698NEWS2LX@news.dial.pipex.com...

Is there any other way of running command line switches?
From the START menu and click RUN you can do it there.......But thats
it.
Well, you can always right-click on the relevant program in
Explorer and select "Properties". From there, click the
"Program" tab at the top and you can edit the "Cmd line" to
include whatever switches you like. Also, if you follow the
program name by a space and a question mark (" ?"), then it
will prompt you for switches each time you run the program.

Well Could you imagine lauching the program a few times a day and changing
the command line in the properties tab?....Not fun B-(

Oh...And I didn't know that I could use the Spacer command to quirey the
switches.....I'll have to remember that! Thanks!

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ICQ - 51210676
Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train.
tri...@bigfoot.com
http://www.transport-tycoon.co.uk

[Paul Wright]

another absoloutly pointless post from sad steve

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Steve <enschec...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:19991213053053.02116.00000253@ngol08.aol.com...
: The good news:
:
: I'm never getting Winblowz 2000.
: -----STEVE!-----
:
: "I need a better sig." -Me

[Paul Wright]

No Offence, but HAHAH, Euros! i'm glad we stayed out of that one, 1? = 1$
now,

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Phillip Michael Jordan <pmjor...@netway.at.-nospam-> wrote in message
news:831193$rh3$1@news.netway.at...

: and especially instead of WinNT on the server side. Take MS Backoffice it
: costs something around 1000? (euro)
: a good Linux Distribution costs about 25? (euro) AND includes almost all
: software needed for a small to medium-sized network. For WinNT you have to
: buy mail servers, Proxy servers or gateways, firewalls etc. And if you
have
: more servers you need more licenses (e.g. for a BDS, Backup Domain Server)
: --
: Phillip
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:
:

[Edward Bernard]

Edward Bernard schrieb in Nachricht <83155j$tb...@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>...

There should be five euros here: ? ? ? ? ?

Now....let's see...


Only question marks

Yes that's all I see

This is a matter of font I guess...

We discussed this a while back and some thought it was the news server.

Eddie

[Edward Bernard]

No Offence, but HAHAH, Euros! i'm glad we stayed out of that one, 1? = 1$
now,

I see nothing wrong with the euro. It would certainly make things easier.
I'm sure it won't be long before we do.
And if $1 = 1 euro, then surely that'll make the job of converting a whole
lot easier.

Eddie

[Trikky]

Paul Wright <paul-wri...@SPAMSPAMSPAMu.genie.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Ocj3mXmR$GA.263@cpmsnbbsa02...

No Offence, but HAHAH, Euros! i'm glad we stayed out of that one, 1? = 1$
now,

Ahem.......If its up to Tony we could still be using it.....B-(

I'm sorry to say this but I feel that joining a united Europe would be a bad
idea for us......B-(

PLEASE NOTE!!!

This is my own opinion........This is not a dig at any other nationalities!

--
Rick McGreal
ICQ - 51210676
Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train.
tri...@bigfoot.com
http://www.transport-tycoon.co.uk

[Paul Wright]

i'd tell you what win millenium is really like, but i'm bound by NDA not to,
so i'll give you an expression insted (((((

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Mike Wagstaff <a...@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:371302854371252NEWS2LX@news.dial.pipex.com...
: > The good news:
: >
: > I'm never getting Winblowz 2000.
:
: The bad news:
:
: If you're upgrading to Windows "Millenium" (the follow-up to
: Win 98), I read somewhere that real-mode compatibility has
: been removed to make the whole thing more stable. The
: article (sorry, I forgot where this article came from) also
: said that real-mode was used to ensure compatibility with
: older DOS programs. I don't wish to worry anyone, but this
: *may* mean that TTO/TTDLX won't work at all under Windows
: Millenium...
:
: The good news:
:
: You now have a very good reason not to donate that old 386
: to a more worthy cause, but keep it exclusively for playing
: Transport Tycoon!
:
: -Mike [http://games.hplx.net]
:

[Mike Wagstaff]

i'd tell you what win millenium is really like, but i'm bound by NDA not to,
so i'll give you an expression insted (((((

Hmmm... that good is it?!

Can you tell us whether TTDLX (and any other DOS games that
spring to mind) will or won't run where they've run under Win
95/98? Surely, the NDA doesn't forbid this - and if it does,
all of us on the ng promise not to tell!

-Mike [http://games.hplx.net]

[Steve]

In article <eanApXmR$GA.285@cpmsnbbsa02>, "Paul Wright"
<paul-wri...@SPAMSPAMSPAMu.genie.co.uk> writes:

another absoloutly pointless post from sad steve

Will you PLEASE quote the damn messages your referring to! My god, I've only
said it about... eight times!
-----STEVE!-----

"I need a better sig." -Me

[Patchman]

In article <19991215180806.28201.00000...@ngol02.aol.com>, Steve says...

In article <eanApXmR$GA.285@cpmsnbbsa02>, "Paul Wright"
paul-wri...@SPAMSPAMSPAMu.genie.co.uk> writes:

another absoloutly pointless post from sad steve

Will you PLEASE quote the damn messages your referring to! My god, I've only
said it about... eight times!

He does... you just have to scroll beyond his four hundred and thirteen
miles of sig, but that's for another rant...

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[The European Union]

In article <838lro$an...@gxsn.com>, Trikky says...

I'm sorry to say this but I feel that joining a united Europe would be a bad
idea for us......B-(

Do not.... think thissss way....

Come to ussssss....

Join ussssss....

You know you want to.....

Give in to your true feelings....

We will make everything better....

Follow ussss....

We are the future.....

Resistance is f%^&%$%***

NO CARRIER.

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[Rémi Denis]

Paul Wright <paul-wri...@SPAMSPAMSPAMu.genie.co.uk> a écrit dans le message
: Ocj3mXmR$GA.263@cpmsnbbsa02...

No Offence, but HAHAH, Euros! i'm glad we stayed out of that one, 1? = 1$
now,

Hum, hum. What's wrong with the low euro (and consequently Francs, DM...)
value? That will make us easier to export to the over-importative country
which we call United States. Oh, yes, for you, the problem is that other
european will be discouraged to import from U.K. because your products will
be more expensive to us... and this thing wouldn't have happened if you had
joined the Euroland!

--
Rémi

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[Paul Wright]

yes, it started off at $ = 2.5 euro's the point i'm making is it's sinking
faster than the titanic,

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Edward Bernard <e...@ttworld.the-whale.com> wrote in message
news:8369o3$q8v$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
: > No Offence, but HAHAH, Euros! i'm glad we stayed out of that one, 1? =
1$
: > now,
:
: I see nothing wrong with the euro. It would certainly make things easier.
: I'm sure it won't be long before we do.
: And if $1 = 1 euro, then surely that'll make the job of converting a whole
: lot easier.
:
: Eddie
:
:

[Paul Wright]

me to, i'd prefer go with the idea of join with the north americans, better
than staying with europe, things can only get worser......

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Trikky <tri...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:838lro$ans$4@gxsn.com...
:
: Ahem.......If its up to Tony we could still be using it.....B-(
:
: I'm sorry to say this but I feel that joining a united Europe would be a
bad
: idea for us......B-(
:
: PLEASE NOTE!!!
:
: This is my own opinion........This is not a dig at any other
nationalities!
:
: --
: Rick McGreal
: ICQ - 51210676
: Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train.
: tri...@bigfoot.com
: http://www.transport-tycoon.co.uk
:
:

[Graham Cox]

On Sun, 12 Dec 1999 14:50:37 -0000, "Paul Wright"
<paul-wri...@SPAMSPAMSPAMu.genie.co.uk> Gave forth this really
invaluable piece of information:

linux insted of win9x

Or OS/2

Or BeOS
Or WinNT
Or UNIX*
Or VMS*
Or Solaris
Or...

you get the point

* If you can afford them and get them to work in a PC
--
Graham Cox
c...@grahama99.freeserve.co.uk.antispam
Remove antispam, you get the idea
ICQ# 24532124

[Paul Wright]

i haven't tried any dos games on it, i will and report back to you

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Mike Wagstaff <a...@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:42949665072854507996NEWS2LX@news.dial.pipex.com...

: Hmmm... that good is it?!
:
: Can you tell us whether TTDLX (and any other DOS games that
: spring to mind) will or won't run where they've run under Win
: 95/98? Surely, the NDA doesn't forbid this - and if it does,
: all of us on the ng promise not to tell!
:
: -Mike [http://games.hplx.net]
:

[Paul Wright]

use your scorrl button, or does the us OE not have one?

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Steve <enschec...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:19991215180806.28201.00000246@ngol02.aol.com...
: In article <eanApXmR$GA.285@cpmsnbbsa02>, "Paul Wright"
: <paul-wri...@SPAMSPAMSPAMu.genie.co.uk> writes:
:
: >another absoloutly pointless post from sad steve
:
: Will you PLEASE quote the damn messages your referring to! My god, I've
only
: said it about... eight times!
: -----STEVE!-----
:
: "I need a better sig." -Me