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From: rwallace@vax1.tcd.ie
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Ornary game is crashing my system
Message-ID: <4015@vax1.tcd.ie>
Date: 5 Dec 89 10:10:31 GMT
References: <1090@savax.UUCP>
Organization: Computer Laboratory, Trinity College Dublin
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In article <1090@savax.UUCP>, thompson@savax.UUCP (thompson mark) writes:
> Recently I purchased Shadow of the Beast but it crashes my system
> about 35% of the time. I own a vintage A1000 (circa Sept.85) with
> 1.5M internal (Aminetics). I am wondering if I am suffering from 
> disk alignment problems or is the software faulty. It seems to only
> happen during game play or when displaying the initial "you are here"
> text and graphics; ie. it is always when disk 2 is in the drive.
> One of three things usually happens:
> 1) screen goes black and the system locks
> 2) displayed static image is fouled up and is followed by symptom #1
> 3) displayed static image is fouled up and following game play is o.k.
> I have seen other games do similar things on my system but far far less
> frequently. Any one have a clue what is going on or seen this before???
> What can be done to remedy this?

You could have a specific problem with system configuration, faulty disk etc.
but most likely your problem is this: copy-protected custom disk formats are so
bloody fragile that if about 5 electrons drift out of position on the disk the
program won't load any more. I've seen loads of games people have bought that
worked for a while then failed. Try bringing it back to the shop and getting
another disk.

"To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem"
Russell Wallace, Trinity College, Dublin
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