Win95 FAQ Part 12 of 14: MS-DOS Games

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Subject: 12. Running MS-DOS games 

     * 12.1. Why you should run your DOS games in DOS sessions under
       Windows 95
          + 12.1.1. I only get 540 KB free and I have no CONFIG.SYS or
            AUTOEXEC.BAT. Are you lying to me?
     * 12.2. Quick lesson on PIF files 
          + 12.2.1. I installed DirectX 3 and now my DOS games won't
            run in a DOS session... why?
     * 12.3. How do I use upper memory in Windows 95?
          + 12.3.1. Why you should run your DOS games in DOS sessions
            under Windows 95 
     * 12.4. How do I use EMS or XMS memory?
     * 12.5. How do I use DPMI memory and DPMI programs?
          + 12.5.1. How come Strike Commander (tm) doesn't work? (And
            other VCPI games)
     * 12.6. How do I speed up this DOS game?
     * 12.7. Why do DOS programs "stutter" in a DOS session?
     * 12.8. Why shouldn't I use EMM386 (or other memory manager)?
          + 12.8.1. Why you should run your DOS games in DOS sessions
            under Windows 95 
     * 12.9. How do I set up network games?
          + 12.9.1. How to set up your network card
          + 12.9.2. Why you should run your DOS games in DOS sessions
            under Windows 95 
     * 12.10. Why do you keep telling me to run my games under Win95?
          + 12.10.1. Why you should run your DOS games in DOS
            sessions under Windows 95 
     * 12.11. But this game won't run under Win95! How can I get it
       to work?
          + 12.11.1. How you can do away with "boot disks" forever!
          + 12.11.2. How to make network games work without running
            Win95 
          + 12.11.3. When (and when not) to use Intel's Configuration
            Manager in Single Mode DOS

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