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From: itch@cbnews.att.com (richard.m.brack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Immortal Problems!
Message-ID: <1991Feb11.185033.25427@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 11 Feb 91 18:50:33 GMT
References: <1991Jan21.184400.25129@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
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In article <1991Jan21.184400.25129@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>, hellfire@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Brian Young) writes:
> 
>   I just got "The Immortal" for my 1000.  When I try to boot it (under 1.3),
> the screen turns white, purple, then black and begins loading for about 3
> seconds.  Then, it pauses, and loads for 3 more seconds with a pause in 
> between each disk access endlessly.  The manual says that "No hard drives
> or extra drives are supported."  I have an external floppy, which I unplugged
> to no avail.
>   I also have a Supra Drive and SCSI controller, attached to my bus.  This
> controller also passes the bus to my Microbotics 1.5 Meg expansion, which
> is also equipped with a SCSI controller (currently unused).  With the harddrive
> off and no Workbench to activate it, I see no reason why the harddrive should
> interfere (unlike the floppy, which is automatically activated).  Could it
> be the presence of the controller through which the memory must pass on the
> bus that is the problem?

Well, I'm playing Immortal on a 2000 with 2 internal floppy drives and a
Supra Hard Drive.  The loading is VERY strange, but it loads.  I put the
Boot disk in df0:.  It will acces it for a while, then the light on df1:
blinks a few times, then it goes back to df0:, then to df1:, df0:, df1:....
until it finally asks for the Play disk.  I think it does take a few minutes.
It is a pitty... it really is a wonderful game, but the lack of 2 drive
support is disturbing (let alone HardDrive/OS support).  Throwing in
the manual protection with the disk protection really sucks!

>   Sorry that this is so poorly worded.  My initial impression with this game
> is utter disappointment!  (And I haven't even seen it yet!)  WHY have both

Keep trying...it IS a VERY GOOD game...

> disk and manual protection?  That is crap.  If it's the European pirate boom
> they're so worried about, then sell a different version here!  Electronic 
> Arts' games (or at least the ones they distribute) show a disturbing trend
> toward one-drive support ...only!  If I have to unplug my controller EVERYTIME
> I wish to play the game, EA will be receiving a package from me soon!
>   Thanks in advance!

ANY TWO DISK GAME SHOULD SUPPORT TWO DRIVES!!!!!! THE IS NO EXCUSE!!!

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> *--------------------------------------*------------------------------------*
> | hellfire@catt.ncsu.edu - Brian Young | 'For he hath dined on honey-dew,   |
> *--------------------------------------*  And drunk the milk of Paradise.'  |
> |RUSH, Doctor Who, and Amiga -- The finer things of life!       -Coleridge  |

RichBrack
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