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::I've never owned a palmtop or PDA, but AFAICT Windows CE and Windows Mobile are two different operating systems, though forked from the same code base.  (In fact, some observers question whether Windows Mobile is an OS at all, as opposed to a bunch of embedded applications that happen to share data.)  Anyway, the real point is this: I don't know of any ports of Doom to Windows Mobile.  If you do, great; it should be on that list as well as the ones in [[Games]] and [[Source port]].    [[User:Ryan W|Ryan W]] 03:23, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
 
::I've never owned a palmtop or PDA, but AFAICT Windows CE and Windows Mobile are two different operating systems, though forked from the same code base.  (In fact, some observers question whether Windows Mobile is an OS at all, as opposed to a bunch of embedded applications that happen to share data.)  Anyway, the real point is this: I don't know of any ports of Doom to Windows Mobile.  If you do, great; it should be on that list as well as the ones in [[Games]] and [[Source port]].    [[User:Ryan W|Ryan W]] 03:23, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
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:::I don't, but you should take a look at [[Wikipedia:Windows_CE#Relation_to_Windows_Mobile.2C_Pocket_PC.2C_and_SmartPhone|this]] PocketPC, Windows Mobile, etc. are all ''based'' on Windows CE, so if there are ports for them, they can be listed under it. [[User:Bloodshedder|Bloodshedder]] 03:52, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
  
 
I thought Doom could be played on NT 3.51, too.  No?     [[User:Ryan W|Ryan W]] 03:28, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
 
I thought Doom could be played on NT 3.51, too.  No?     [[User:Ryan W|Ryan W]] 03:28, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
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:CodeImp usually takes care of links, but I can take a look at it. [[User:Bloodshedder|Bloodshedder]] 02:36, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
 
:CodeImp usually takes care of links, but I can take a look at it. [[User:Bloodshedder|Bloodshedder]] 02:36, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
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::I've fixed them. [[User:Bloodshedder|Bloodshedder]] 03:52, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

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There, you now have administrator rights. Fredrik 11:33, 7 Feb 2005 (PST)

OK, thanks. Bloodshedder 11:39, 7 Feb 2005 (PST)

do you think the logs are a bit much?

Yup, sorry :) I think a simple summary would do. -- Jdowland 18:09, 30 Aug 2005 (UTC)

User name

I like your User name. —The Thing We need to talk. 20:49, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

...oookay. I've been using it since 1999... Bloodshedder 03:44, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Did you go to my page on this?? —The Thing We need to talk. 15:31, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Changes to How to download and run Doom

Thank you for reorganizing the Unix part (I really should have thought of that myself).

The link to "Doom" at the top strikes me as slightly misleading — most of the console ports are heavily based on Doom II, and I think a significant minority of Windows users may just buy (or steal) one of the boxed sets, so they won't necessarily be starting with Doom/Ultimate Doom.

Well, I don't know, I just tend to always link the first occurrence of "Doom" in any article. And I'm not sure about "most of the console ports are heavily based on Doom II" - there are more Doom 1 console ports than Doom 2 out there.

I decided not to expand the console part, since I thought our advice would be pretty much the same for everything except the GBA/Dreamcast: "This software is all discontinued, so look for it at garage sales or on ebay/Gamespot."

That's what I figured - "stick the cartridge/CD in and play"

I'm not sure how widespread the abbreviation "Windows 9x" is nowadays (compared to, say, five years ago).  And all the non-embedded software is organized by OS, not hardware, so "Pocket PC" should really be "Windows Mobile", right?

I always thought "Windows 9x" was a pretty common term nowadays, but I suppose the column heading can always include all the versions in it for the sake of completeness. And you're right, the mobile operating system is always called Windows CE. I was under the (mistaken) impression that PocketPC was also the name of a newer version of their mobile OS that replaced Windows CE, since I rarely hear the term "Windows CE" thrown around anymore.
I've never owned a palmtop or PDA, but AFAICT Windows CE and Windows Mobile are two different operating systems, though forked from the same code base.  (In fact, some observers question whether Windows Mobile is an OS at all, as opposed to a bunch of embedded applications that happen to share data.)  Anyway, the real point is this: I don't know of any ports of Doom to Windows Mobile.  If you do, great; it should be on that list as well as the ones in Games and Source port.    Ryan W 03:23, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
I don't, but you should take a look at this PocketPC, Windows Mobile, etc. are all based on Windows CE, so if there are ports for them, they can be listed under it. Bloodshedder 03:52, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

I thought Doom could be played on NT 3.51, too.  No?     Ryan W 03:28, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

I've never heard of anybody trying, and I'm not too sure about the usability of source ports on NT 3.x. I don't even think it supports DirectX at all (and it obviously has no real DOS mode), and there are very few Win32 ports that DON'T use DirectX somehow.

As a corollary to the above research topics, who do I talk to about every link on the Doomworld shareware page being broken?    Ryan W 01:48, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

CodeImp usually takes care of links, but I can take a look at it. Bloodshedder 02:36, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
I've fixed them. Bloodshedder 03:52, 2 February 2006 (UTC)