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Subject: Re: Rebel Problem

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 23:36:05 10/28/99

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>I had a problem with Rebel 10, and now find the same problem with Rebel
>Century.
>
>I am running Windows 98 SE on a P200 MMX with 96 MB of RAM.  When I run Rebel
>from the supplied Windows shortcuts, the program will occasionally just quit.
>There's no error message or anything, just POOF!, Rebel disappears and I'm
>back
>to my desktop. I never run other programs while running Rebel.
>
>Unfortunately, if I go to DOS mode to run the program, I get an inexplicable
>"insufficient memory" message.  I made a boot disk, and the program runs
>reliably when I boot from the disk -- but then Rebel 10 actually benchmarks
>100
>points lower than when launched from a Windows shortcut!
>
>Why does Rebel just quit when launched from the shortcut, and is there a
>workaround?
>
>I appreciate any suggestions.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Robert

Is this "just quit" behavior happening right after the start or just in the
middle of the game?

2 hints:

#1. Turn off the "screen saver" in the shortcut

#2. Use the provided "No VESA" shortcut instead of the standard one.

Ed




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