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From: kovar@popvax.harvard.edu (David C. Kovar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Falcon on the IIci
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Date: 4 Dec 89 21:53:26 GMT
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>The jet fighter flight simulator Falcon 2.0 will not run on any
>machine sporting a 68030 processor, including the Mac IIcx, the SE/30
>and the IIci.  I too am a registered owner and just upgraded from an
>SE to an SE/30 only to find that my favorite F-16 would no longer fly!
 
>A phone call to the program developers (Spectrum HoloByte,
>415-522-3584) informed me that an '030 upgrade may be available within
>a few weeks.  So don't bail out yet!

  That's odd, it runs quite well on my SE/30. I talked to the salesman
at the Boston MacWorld Expo and he told me to call Spectrum. I did so
and about a month ago I received an upgrade. (Then another copy, for
some reason.) They also included a bill for $3.00, which I promptly
paid. I suggest you call them again ...


-David
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