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From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: CWSDPMI V3 - what's new versus V2?
Date:	Sat, 07 Sep 1996 22:20:13 -0700
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Ian D Romanick wrote:
> 
> This may actually be a problem with Quake.  I sent them a bug report
> that it does just this when I run 386MAX.  To which they responded, "If
> it crashes when you do that, then don't do that!"  Nothing quite like
> quality software...

I sent them a bug report about incompatibilities between Quake's keyboard
driver and TSR DOS screen saver utilities, and got back a similar response.
For those who are interested, it seems that Quake's keyboard handler does
not chain, so any screen saver which detects keyboard activity will be
fooled into thinking that nothing is happening, and will merrily blank out
the screen (or whatever) once its time expires.  Since the keyboard doesn't
chain, there's also no way to get it back!  I did discover, however, that
using the mouse will restore the screen.  This problem occurred with the
AD-DOS.COM screen saver (actually, screen blanker) utility.

Apparently, id isn't particularly interested in fixing incompatibility
problems with its software; they just tell you "not to do it."  What's
really ironic about this is that from magazine ratings and some feedback
that I have heard myself, Quake isn't even that revolutionary a game.
Sure, it's cool, and the graphics are great, but they didn't exactly
break whole acres of new ground.  Well, it's their software and what they
do with it is their business.  :)  I'm not sure if it's worth buying the
full version of Quake though.

John

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