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From: hrlaser@gryphon.COM (Harv Laser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: SimCity on Harddrive revisited
Message-ID: <23343@gryphon.COM>
Date: 13 Dec 89 01:09:30 GMT
References: <44444@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Reply-To: hrlaser@gryphon.COM (Harv Laser)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <44444@bu-cs.BU.EDU> bear@bu-pub.bu.edu (Blair M. Burtan) writes:
>I know this is old hat to most people, but I need
>a refresher.  I cannot get SimCity 1.0 to run from
>my harddisk.  In fact I get get it to run unless
>I boot from the SimCity disk.  I can copy the stuff
>and the program comes up with the opening
>street-sign screen.  Then the machine locks up.
>I've tried nuking all concurrent tasks with the
>exception of GOMF and nothing works.  Someone
>save me a phone call.


Did you register your SimCity after purchase? (by register I mean
"mail in the registration card.")

If so you should've gotten a newsletter from Maxis telling you how to
upgrade to version 1.1 which solves that "have to boot off the disk
to play the game" nonsense. 

If memory serves, the upgrade is free if you mail back your original
disk and costs a few bucks if you don't, but the straight poop is all
in their newsletter.  V1.1 fixes the "hard to boot" problem, the
memory usage problem, and a couple other things I can't remember.
Get it.. you'll be a happier person ;-)


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