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From: bunny@cbnewsm.att.com (Laura A. Eppright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: It Came from the Desert
Summary: help me too!
Keywords: help!
Message-ID: <1990Sep26.210025.25484@cbnewsm.att.com>
Date: 26 Sep 90 21:00:25 GMT
References: <42881@sequent.UUCP>
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T QM&E, Union, NJ
Lines: 31

In article <42881@sequent.UUCP>, cseaman@sequent.UUCP (Chris "The Bartman" Seaman) writes:
> OK, folks, try to be merciful.  I noticed a while back some discussion about
> some problems with the Desert guru'ing under various circumstances.  Well,
> at the time I didn't pay much attention, since I didn't own a copy.  Now
> I do, and I could use some help.
> 
I'm having problems with "It Came From The Desert", too.   

I have a 3000 (16/50).   The game runs fine from the floppy drive 
under 1.3, but it's slow and requires quite a few disk swaps.  I 
really would prefer to run it from the hard drive instead. Apparently,
the game installed properly, but when I run it, it usually freezes up
sometime during the opening sequence.  Sometimes it works, but the 
screen is jittery.  Once in a great while, the game will run properly.

Is this a problem with the 3000?  I'm running the game under 1.3.
I've tried both fastmem on and fastmem off.  Also, I tried both clicking
on the HDesert icon, and running "execute hdesert" from the shell, although
I don't really think either of these would make a difference.  Apparently,
I have "assigned" everything properly, as the game does attempt to run.
I usually don't get gurus;  the game simply freezes up, and the reboot
works normally (i.e., does not mention any gurus).

If anyone could help me, I would sure appreciate it.  Thanks!

Laura

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Laura A. Eppright                | Yes, I know this message is costing  
AT&T Technologies, Union, NJ     | "hundreds, if not thousands of dollars"
att!cbnewsm!bunny                | -- so what?