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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Populous for all Amigas!
Message-ID: <3391@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 15 Oct 90 21:43:57 GMT
References: <32943@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <7814@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
Organization: Corpane Industries Inc., Louisville, KY
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zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) writes:

>1. Is it hard drive installable?
>2. Does it work on a 68020/68030/ A3000 system?
>3. Does it work under 2.0?

>If magazines publish this information, software publishers may notice
>they don't look good when they make their software useless to a large
>segment of their potential market. 

This is a great idea! It would also be nice if they added: 

4> How much memory is needed to run the game.
5> If it *is* copy-protected, what type of protection is it? Disk-based, or
type-a-word-from-the-manual, or look-up-goofy-symbol-on-hard-to-use-code-
wheel-like-device.




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