Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!uflorida!indri!aplcen!jhunix!ins_adjb From: ins_adjb@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Daniel Jay Barrett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Dungeon Master crashes Message-ID: <1938@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Date: 16 Jun 89 15:08:46 GMT References: <1902@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> <14440@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <1909@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> <41454@bbn.COM> Reply-To: ins_adjb@jhunix.UUCP (Daniel Jay Barrett) Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF Lines: 27 In article <41454@bbn.COM> cosell@BBN.COM (Bernie Cosell) writes: >It could be that your drives are sick or at least way out of >adjustment. I _think_ that the DM copy protection scheme involves >using some stuff on the disk that a normal drive is supposed to be able >to *read* but it takes a hacked-up drive to *write*. If for some >reason your drive/driver can't keep up with the accelerated or >decelerated data rate, it might make the software think that it is >a copied disk. I guess this is possible. However, I have successfully run Faery Tale Adventure, Shadowgate, Bards Tale, Bards Tale II, Borrowed Time, Archon, Archon II, Deluxe Paint II (copy protected version), Mindwalker, The Pawn, Hitchhiker's Guide, and a host of other games with no problems. I have also seen what Dungeon Master does when it is copied onto another disk. First, it shows a very pretty blue pattern on the screen. Then, depending on what version you have, it either shows a blank screen and stops dead, or it gets to the DUNGEON MASTER logo and stops with the drive light on. If their game doesn't work because it is incompatible with my hardware, then it goes in the trash, I'm afraid. :-( Thanks for the suggestion, though!!! -- # Dan Barrett barrett@cs.jhu.edu (128.220.13.4) ARPANET # # ins_adjb@jhuvms.bitnet BITNET # # ins_adjb@jhunix.UUCP UUCP (unreliable) # # Dept. of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 #