Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!sun-barr!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!eniac.seas.upenn.edu!gilbert From: gilbert@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Mike Gilbert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Falcon on the IIci Message-ID: <17664@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 5 Dec 89 01:11:18 GMT References: <2193@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> <6203@lindy.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: gilbert@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Mike Gilbert) Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 27 In article <6203@lindy.Stanford.EDU> romeo@lindy.Stanford.EDU (Patrick Goebel) writes: > >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! > >______ >patrick goebel Funny, I've been able to run Falcon 2.0 on my Mac IIcx (5 Mb, 40 Mb HD, video set to 2-bit B/W). It takes some playing around with, and the craft moves AWFUL fast, but it does work. Of course, if you do manage to get the '030 upgrade, please notify. =============================================================================== | _ _ _ | | | ' ) ) ) / | Czechoslovakia Chiefs | | / / / o /_ _ | 1984-1985 I.G.B.A. Champions | | / ' (_<_/ <_