Recent content by Mike_1968

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    New Member Intro

    Well I removed 1 128MB stick of RAM and it seems to run a bit better when I boot to Windows 89SE, I really haven't noticed any performance gains when playing Civ in DOS. I did however bid on, and win, a brand new, sealed in retail box, AMD K6-2 500mHz CPU from Ebay.
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    New Member Intro

    It's just what I had laying around at the time I built this legacy box last year. 64MB is the limit for DOS, and I'm not sure about windows 3.11. I rarely use it, it's just on the system for nostalgic purposes. Win 98 has a limit of 2 GB of useable memory, however there is a bug with the...
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    shift-56 shift1-9

    I've got version 475.01 and can not get the shift-56 or shift 1-9 to work. Oh well, maybe I'm not doing something right. :sad:
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    Why play Civ 1?

    Nostalgia, My memory is slowly coming back, to those old DOS commands. :wallbash:
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    DOS Civilization available & forum rules

    $57.98???? :crazyeye::eek::eek2: I should not have opened the copy I just got from e-bay.
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    DOS Civilization available & forum rules

    I just recently obtained a copy on 3.5" disks, still sealed in the original box, from ebay for $1.00 + actual shipping (cost me $6.00 total). It installed on my legacy DOS box with on problems. I'm surprised that the disks were not corrupt from just sitting around. So it is still possible to...
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    New Member Intro

    Hi, My name is Mike & I just joined the forum. I played Civilization and Colonization years ago. However, I just obtained a copy of Civilization, from "FleaBay" on 3.5" floppies and installed it on my "DOS Legacy" computer. Talk about bring back old memories. "DOS Legacy" computer Specs...
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