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From: jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Falcon 2.21 - Released November 1st!
Message-ID: <1990Nov21.142243.7531@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 21 Nov 90 14:22:43 GMT
References: <1990Nov19.155658.26219@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <1990Nov20.211435.12221@hoss.unl.edu>
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In article <1990Nov20.211435.12221@hoss.unl.edu> 252u3129@fergvax.unl.edu (Mike Gleason) writes:
>In article <1990Nov19.155658.26219@ccu.umanitoba.ca> jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton) writes:
>>(the best "hidden secret" no longer works on 
>>V.2.21, but did on V.2.0  If you have 2.0 - or even if you don't - and you
>>want a few days of unlimited power before your update arrives, drop me a 
>>line and I'll let you in on the secret...  ;)
>
>How about just posting what it is?  You could use one of those spoiler
>dealies, a ^ in the 1st column and a L in the second column (or is that a
>control-L?).

I have found through long-time use of these news.groups that some sites
do not handle the control-L's at all, thus the reader would be inadvertently
exposed to a "cheat-key" method he or she did not wish to know about to
begin with.  Besides, I haven't actually been deluged with mail for this.

>Also, is 2.21 the next version after 2.0?  When I bought it was 1.0, then
>they nicely shipped me 2.0 free without me having to ask for it.  Then I thought
>the current version was 2.2, and after being impressed with their upgrade
>policy, it turned to disappointment when they didn't even bother to notify
>me with an upgrade notice at least.  That's assuming that they did put out
>a version 2.20, which is what I'm trying to ask... I suppose I'll hafta send
>in my 2.0 disk to get 2.21?

Version 2.2.1 is an upgrade from 2.0, definately.  Whether or not it's the
next consecutive upgrade, I can't say (maybe someone else on the net upgrades
often enough to know?)  I would assume that you received your 2.0 after
*recently* purchasing 1.0.  There are instances where companies will do this
if they receive your registration card within a certain "grace-period" to
a new release - keeps the customers happy and you don't feel ripped off 
purchasing what would then be considered obsolite.

As to notifying, I guess that's up to the companies themselves.  Staying
tuned into this group usually helps.  But I would much rather prefer a
company which charges me only a $3 shipping fee than one that notifies me
of an update that they will *sell* me for $28.  For this, I applaud 
Spectrum Holobyte (and I guess the parent company Sphere).

Just send your second disk along with $3 (US) to the address in your manual.
Mark on the envelope package FALCON MAC.  Then just sit back and wait
expectantly by the mailbox like I did.  :)

> mike gleason 

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