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From: wieser@fsd.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Bernhard Wieser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Armor Alley
Message-ID: <1991Mar8.165259.16744@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
Date: 8 Mar 91 16:52:59 GMT
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okay, here are my pros and cons to AA:

pros:
Great Game, expecially if you have more than 2 players on an AppleTalk
network using at least 16MHz machines.
Action packed, hours of fun.

cons:
Stupid programmers bind their socket name to socket 0 based probably on
useless high level libraries routines - can really kill your network.
No program needs 1.7M of memory at the same time!
Crashes constantly with After Dark.
The service # provided is ALWAYS busy.
Does NOT work with many 2400bps modems, including my GVC 100% Hayes
compatible and my friends Teleport.
Useless on any 8MHz machine (like my classic).
Very touch about the preferences file - i.e. will self destruct if you
turn off your machine when it hangs with your modem.

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