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From: daybell@nunki.usc.edu (Donald Daybell)
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Subject: Re: SimEarth problems
Keywords: Is this all?!
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Date: 23 Mar 91 21:32:15 GMT
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In article <1991Mar22.091743.26387@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> kempkec@mist.CS.ORST.EDU (Christopher Kempke) writes:
>In article <12881@ur-cc.UUCP> jcc5_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Jackson Cheng) writes:
>>I just got SimEarth and have been playing it a couple of times.  Each time I   
>>play, however, the program freezes.  Nothing works.  The mouse, the keys are al
>
>[etc]
>
>	I use a billion inits, cdevs, system folders, spindlers, and muti-
>	lators.  SimEarth survives them all, with a notable exception-
>	SoundMaster (all versions).  SimEarth dies a horrible death when
>	SoundMaster actually tries to make a sound, usually the lockup
>	behaviour described above.  Is this just me?  I solved the problem
>	by ditching SoundMaster; you might try that if you've got it.
>
>		--Chris

Interesting.  I use significantly less than a billion inits, etc., but one
of these is in fact Soundmaster.  I've used SimEarth both with and without
Multifinder, and have never had SoundMaster-SimEarth conflicts.  I'm
running on an SE, if that makes a difference.

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