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From: rbrown@ics.uci.edu (Raymond Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Solarian II on a Mac IIsi
Message-ID: <27C1D7E9.19972@ics.uci.edu>
Date: 20 Feb 91 01:59:05 GMT
References: <59130@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <91044.125217EY28@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK> <27C1C7F8.11138@ics.uci.edu>
Organization: UC Irvine Department of ICS
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In <91044.125217EY28@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK> EY28@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK writes:

>In article <59130@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, feinberg@acsu.buffalo.edu (john a
>feinberg) says:
>>
>>I downloaded Solarian II, and it doesn't even work on my IIsi!  I tried it out
>>with a barebones system, in addition to my own (very messy) system, & both
>>were
>>system 6.0.7.  I tried the program out on a Mac IIcx in a Mac lab at school,
>>and it worked fine.  Is there something I am missing, or something I should do
>>to get it to work?  They won't let me play solarian at the math lab at school!
>>
>>John Feinberg
>>SUNY Buffalo

>Just for a laugh I downloaded it on to my LC (4/40) 12" colour monitor.
>Sytstem 6.07
>Loads of inits (too numerous to mention) including of course PsudoFPU.

>It works............ that is to say it works minus a 1 to 2" border around
>the bottom and right hand edge.  :-(

>Not having ever played the game (and it looks as if I never will because
>I cant see my spaceship!) I cannot comment on the speed of the game on the LC.
>I do hope someone will come up with a new version for the LC 12" colour screen.
>That will obviously depend on how well the machine sells....(another story).

I run Solarian II 1.03 on my MacIIsi. It runs just fine. No border around the
screen either. Maybe the other gentleman has an older version or a very 
selective computer?

   ---  RB