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It's been awhile, but IIRC, at least QEMM's optimize utility would figure it out for you. My DOS virtual machine in PCEM can get to about 615K without any third party managers, but I have to ditch Smartdrv to get it that high (which in many cases is a good idea anyway).

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Problem was that MS-DOS HIMEM and EMM386 were terribly inefficient about relocating stuff to the high and upper memory blocks. Most of the third party memory managers (even the one that came with DR-DOS IIRC) did it better, and would usually get you the conventional RAM you needed.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

But the most important question: Does this game encourage the same silly sidestep-turn waltz that has plagued every DM-like since the original DM.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Well, if you used adobe instead of adobo, I suspect that would explain why it tasted a bit "bland".

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Maybe some stuff by Dr. Seuss.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

And they didn't even try to argue the Drysdale clause for HBP?

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I remember someone once having a similar reaction to the title of the show America's Got Talent. "No they don't."

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

That's not as much progress in 13 years as one would expect.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Oh, Scalia-Without-The-Smarts and Uncle Clarence dissented.... Who could have predicted it?!!

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I mean, that's pretty much been the MS modus operandi for decades now. Something else they copied from Apple, I guess.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Nothing "random" about the re-enabling, I'm certain.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'd say I care enough that if I come across news about it, I'll stop and read it... but I'm miles beyond getting my hopes up about it. Which is kind of a shame. If someone could actually recapture the magic of the old Ultima series, it would be like reuniting with part of myself.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Drove through Endor, huh? Did you see any Ewoks?

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Yeah, that's the first thing that came to my mind. These things have a habit of getting nerfed on appeal.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

4 guys in the lineup are pretty much replacement level or worse at this point. Not sure what people expect. (OK, they probably expect a bit more from RF, considering he's making more present day bucks than Shohei, but that probably isn't getting fixed this season).

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I remember it was grindy... even by the standards of the day.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I don't think that's a controversial opinion. All you need to do is watch the old looney toons shorts. Lots of referential humor there that is going to go right over the heads of most kids.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

As for Spellbook, I'd run it over Reliquary in an affinity deck, or maybe something that needs cheap artifact sac-fodder. I usually wouldn't run either, though I do put RT in two of the 18 or so commander decks in my regular rotation, and it has occasionally come in handy in both.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

For 4 and 5 color decks it's more of a problem (not a problem for me, I find 4 and 5 color decks boring and expensive), but for most decks, you probably aren't going to be losing too many games because one of your lands is a Reliquary.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Don't really disagree with any of this. My original response was intended to be more to the effect of "funny that this devastating combo is thwarted by a much-derided land that Wizards used to throw in every precon." I do think the contempt for the card is a bit much, though. ...

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'd agree the upside of RT is niche enough that it probably isn't going to do you much good in most decks and matchups. "Trap" is a bit much, though... if one colorless-producing land has any measurable bearing on your win rate, your deck obviously has worse problems than RT.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Doesn't reduce it to zero. Reduces it by 7. Infinity minus 7 is infinity.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

... And you still have youtube videos where people get called "newbs" for running reliquary tower and the like.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Fiddly measurements are one thing. "You can't move up to exactly 4 Barkers away from the enemy, you have to stop at least 4 Barkers plus some infinitesimal fraction of a millimeter away" was a whole other level.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Sounds more FOG, to be honest. At least, that's the only ruleset I remember where a non-inclusive "within" would cause problems.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Ours is a big country. Even if half of what we produce (and 90% of what we export) is crap, that still leaves quite a lot that isn't. If you know where to find it.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Cute. You know, you -can- get good chocolate over here. Or cheese. Or beer. Just avoid the stuff that's mass produced by the big corporations.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Polyphemus could have told the witch king that "no man" is bad news.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Not to mention the keen +3 shortswords of slaying nazguls.

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Heh. They stored it in Morse Code, eh?

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Jhykron @jhykron.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My problem is it takes me 8 hours to get about 5 hours of sleep at most.

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