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From: rar@auc.UUCP (Rodney Ricks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Question for owners of Populous
Summary: Probably a bad disk
Message-ID: <32319@auc.UUCP>
Date: 13 Nov 89 14:57:43 GMT
References: <3930@nigel.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: rar@auc.UUCP (Rodney Ricks)
Organization: Atlanta University Center, Atlanta, Ga.
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In article <3930@nigel.udel.EDU> S6SR@unb.ca (Acker Hum) writes:
[Deleted problems running Populous]
<< alas, there was a problem.  The game would not load past the title screen,
<< but GURUed with a "Not enough memory" error.  "Wow, must be a tight fit if it
<< won't run in approx. 910-920k at startup.  Let's try unplugging the external
<< drive."  Well, we did that since the drive would be eating a little CHIP RAM
<< and we got about 948k out of it at startup.  So we started the game and it
<< worked!  Or, did it?  Ok, here's my questions:
<<
<HI, long time owner of Populous here... I have an A500 and A501 and an
<external drive (ie. AirDrive)... I haven't had any problems with my
<setup... And I don't need to un-plug anything so it must be something
<else....

I know of one dealer in the area that received several bad copies of Populous.
I have Populous and have run it successfully on a 1 Mb 2000 with an external
3.5" drive.  A friend of mine (the same one that's had problems with his
Agnus chip) has run it successfully several times on his A500 with A501
and an external 3.5" drive.

Go back to the dealer, tell him what happened, and try to get another copy.
It's a great game.

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Rodney
-- 
"We may have come over here in different ships,
 but we're all in the same boat now."   --   Jesse Jackson

Rodney Ricks,   Morehouse College