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From: ets@ollie.SEAS.UCLA.EDU
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Subject: Re: Harpoon
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Date: 3 Dec 90 19:42:46 GMT
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Reply-To: ets@ollie.SEAS.UCLA.EDU (Ed Sakabu (OAC))
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In article <90331.173154LSB103@psuvm.psu.edu> LSB103@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>There are no system on the two disks so you'll need to swap disks quite
>often, even if you have two drives.  So a hard drive is recommended.  By
>the way, does anyone out there have a version of system (later than 6.0.2)
>that is less than 250K? 

 I found that if I strip down (i.e. removed all fonts and DA's except the 
 control panel) from the system and user the mini-finder from Ancient Art of War
 on the Harpoon program disk you don't have to swap at all.

> Huh, one more thing about Harpoon that I dislike:
>Most of the current ships, subs, aircraft, and their arsonals are included
>in the game, why didn't Three-Sixty include a booklet that describe each
>each weapon's range, effective targets, etc?  You can look all of this up
>in the game, but I find it very annoying to quit whatever you are doing
>so you can go to the window. 

 I found this kind of a pain also. But all in all it a great game (or more 
 appropriately a great simulation) that will take a LONG time to master.

		--Ed