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From: stan@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM (Stan Gibbs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Dungeon Master crashes
Message-ID: <5660044@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM>
Date: 19 Jun 89 17:46:29 GMT
References: <1878@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, Oregon
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ins_adjb@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Daniel Jay Barrett) writes:

>	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.  :-(

I have used NIB V1.0 to archive DM.  The game does display the blue pattern
during initial boot-up, but seems to play fine.

Previous attempts to archive DM with other programs gave me versions which
usually locked-up, with and without custom alerts, after short periods 
of play.


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| Stan Gibbs                                                               |
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