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  • * [[Optical Storage]] [[Category:Storage Hardware]] ...
    441 bytes (49 words) - 23:27, 2 June 2024
  • ...is tide and preserve the data itself is to copy the data to other means of storage. For some games this can be as simple as copying the files on the disks to ...ows. The lack of a proper driver to read platform specific formats or even hardware differences can make it difficult or nearly impossible to do so. Apple, Ata ...
    14 KB (2,342 words) - 23:55, 2 June 2024
  • ...eet Sierra's needs, Superlok was not possible to reproduce without special hardware or an Option Board. Superlok's protection schemes did not care about DMA o ...JR, MAINPS. THEXDER.COM calls the appropriate executable for the graphics hardware detected in the system. MAIN is for [[CGA]] or [[Hercules Graphics Card|He ...
    12 KB (2,026 words) - 00:03, 3 June 2024
  • ...to routines in the BIOS or DOS that programs can use to perform low level hardware access. DOS uses '''io.sys '''and '''msdos.sys '''for the BIOS and DOS resp ...YS''' and '''AUTOEXEC.BAT '''files for optimum performance. It can analyze hardware and software to determine the best fit for programs, device drivers, and TS ...
    35 KB (5,830 words) - 19:58, 5 December 2024
  • ...lop for CD than we thought it would be. Although you have 600 megabytes of storage, many CD-ROM drives are as slow as a floppy disk drive. Our toughest challe ...dventure, we have continually worked to improve the graphics in our games. Hardware has advanced from black-and-white, to 4-color CGA, to 16 color EGA, to the ...
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