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From: gt8134b@prism.gatech.EDU (Robert Sanders)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps
Subject: Re: DOOM for X
Message-ID: <140670@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 23 Feb 94 00:07:54 GMT
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jkh@whisker.hubbard.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes:

>In article <760732951snz@valent.demon.co.uk> mark@valent.demon.co.uk (Mark Valentine) writes:
>   Apparently id's Dave Taylor (working in his spare time) has it running
>   under XFree86 2.0 (using the shared memory extensions).  It's very
>   smooth on his 486 at 320x200, and he's working on the sound support.

>Knowing what DOOM does to achieve shading and motion effects on a standard
>VGA card, I have a REALLY HARD TIME believing that this could work under
>X!  This seems like serious rumor material to me!

Well, as I've said before, he posted to the Linux newsgroup asking for
help on the VoxWare sound driver.  I mailed him a reply at idsoftware.com
and he said "thanks!" so if it is a rumor, there's a conspiracy with iD.

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