DOS ain't dead

NOEMS (Users)

posted by Arjay, 09.02.2013, 22:23

> > - rename the "driver" name from "EMMXXXX0" to "EMMQXXX0"
Related to this thread an amusing bit of DOS trivia I spotted whilst reading the Wikipedia entry on Wing Commander earlier today:

...As development for Wing Commander came to a close, the EMM386 memory manager the game used would give an exception when the user exited the game. It would print out a message similar to "EMM386 Memory manager error..." with additional information. The team could not isolate and fix the error and they needed to ship it as soon as possible. As a work-around, Ken Demarest, a developer on the game, hex-edited the memory manager so it displayed a different message. Instead of the error message, it printed "Thank you for playing Wing Commander"...

Complete thread:

• NOEMS - georgpotthast, 02.02.2013, 07:53 (Users)
  • NOEMS - Arjay, 02.02.2013, 11:13
  • NOEMS - Japheth, 02.02.2013, 12:25
    • NOEMS - Arjay, 02.02.2013, 13:00
      • NOEMS - Rugxulo, 02.02.2013, 17:03
      • NOEMS - Arjay, 09.02.2013, 22:23
  • NOEMS - tom, 02.02.2013, 17:27
  • NOEMS - georgpotthast, 03.02.2013, 19:48
    • NOEMS - Rugxulo, 03.02.2013, 23:00
      • NOEMS - Japheth, 04.02.2013, 09:04
    • NOEMS - tlink - Arjay, 10.02.2013, 14:05
      • NOEMS - tlink - georgpotthast, 12.02.2013, 21:50
  • JEMM386 noems - georgpotthast, 12.02.2013, 21:47
    • JEMM386 noems - RayeR, 13.02.2013, 00:23
    • JEMM386 noems - Japheth, 13.02.2013, 04:15
    • JEMM386 noems - Laaca, 13.02.2013, 07:20