Archived from groups: alt.games.tombraider (
More info?)
While taking a short break from the daily grind of enslavement and
world domination, McGrandpa mentioned
>"Aaron Parent" <aparent@localnet.com> wrote in message
>news:1171opb57u0nn49@corp.supernews.com
>> I have downloaded both the advanced installer, and the glidos engine
>> for TR to make it work on my XP. When I try to run it, my monitor
>> goes all funky. Can anyone help, or ask someone at Eidos to
>> re-engineer TR1 for XP? --
>> Peter A Parent
>> Groveton, NH
>> paparent28@hotpop.com
>> aparent@localnet.com
>
>Peter, you might consider munging your real email addys to use them in
>usenet. Your emails will be harvested by unscrupulous and very low
>life type bulk mailer types. You will begin reaping spam galore in your
>emails. That's point one.
>
>Point two.
>Many people over the years since its release have asked for Core
>Design/EIDOS to "fix" Tombraider so it will run better on more modern
>systems. It's not going to happen. What Core did do was to create
>several different Tombraider executeables to run with different graphics
>chipsets of the day. The most useful one of these was the version for
>the Voodoo Rush card. That version ran under a GLide 'wrapper' in
>Windows 95. It's also the version of TOMB.EXE you have to use with Paul
>Gardiners GliDOS. So, if you are using an incorrect TOMB.EXE it will
>cause GliDOS to return an error or give you a rotten looking screen.
>Even if you're using the right TOMB.EXE you can use settings that your
>current vid card and/or its driver cannot handle properly in GliDOS.
>The introduction to GliDOS tells you it will work with most modern 3D
>accelerator cards that are fully supported by Windows. You might have a
>video card or onboard graphics that don't have full 3D support. For
>anyone to be able to help, more information about your system is needed.
>Most importantly, what video card (or onboard graphics chip) does your
>system have and also what driver set are installed for it.
>McG.
>
May I also point you towards this page which *I* found helpful
http://www.cdt.org/speech/spam/030319spamreport.shtml
It seems to say that we're RELATIVELY safer here on Usenet, but of
course, many things have changed since '03 (few of them for the
better).
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"When in danger or in doubt,
Run in circles, scream and shout"
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It's not just a management tool,
It's a philosophy for living!!
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