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From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: problems with pd game 'Goldrunner'
Message-ID: <40117@cup.portal.com>
Date: 14 Mar 91 02:01:53 GMT
References: <1991Mar13.044006.11292@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU>
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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John Thaanun related problems with his ST after trying to run "Goldrunner"..
 
First of all, if it's the same game, "Goldrunner" was a commercial product
from MicroDeal in England, distributed in the USA by MichTron.. not PD..
 
>9.  Since the cover is currently off my computer (I have been fiddling with
                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>    ram upgrades) I decide to unplug it, and ground every pin on each of the
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>    ram chips.
 
I highly suspect this is the cause of the problem, not trying to run a
game...  except for highly isolated cases, software CANNOT damage hardware.
 
The symptoms described sound very much like the effects of fiddling with
RAM upgrades...
 
BobR