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I chose "Doom8088" over "Doom286" because I like it's 8 characters.
But now for every version I want to make (Mode Y, MCGA, EGA, Tandy, CGA, monochrome), I'll have to compile an 8088 version and a 286 version.![]()
Doom8088 in everybody's favourite video mode: CGA 320x200 4 colors.
If you go to the latest release in the releases page here: https://github.com/FrenkelS/Doom8088/releases then it seems like everything you need is included. I think you just need 640k of ram and a compatible video card to run it.What are currently the minimum requirements for CPU, RAM and hardisk size to run it on real hardware? Which WAD file to use? Is there a downsized WAD file, XT class MFM harddisks often only are 10..30 MB in size?
//edit: tested. Yes, it indeed runs on the 200LX. But very slow. Interestingly, both 8088 and 286 executables work, even though the CPU is a 80186.![]()
I will test that with the Olimarck. Probably it also can run on my M21/M24 with V30 CPU. Yesterday I already runned the 80x25 text mode 8088 version on the Olimarck and it's really slow and on the LCD not really visible. But that might also be because of the many disk accesses the game has during auto demo, the Olimarck has no harddisk, instead it uses a parallel port ZIP drive as C:.it's a good chance it will work on 80186