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From: surfin@kitty.ksu.ksu.edu (William M Harris)
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Subject: Re: Solarian II on the LC
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Date: 29 Apr 91 18:16:40 GMT
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mlg@cbnews.cb.att.com (mike.goodrich) writes:

>In article <1991Apr29.172642.331@otago.ac.nz> stanger@otago.ac.nz (Nigel Stanger) writes:
>>Does Solarian II work OK on an LC with a 12" RGB monitor? What
>>I am really asking is: does it adjust for different screen sizes?
>>Or does it assume that you have a 13" monitor, like a couple of
>>other games I've seen? I want to find this out before getting a
>>copy of it. THanks in advance.
>>

>No Solarian II doesn't work on a Mac LC.  When you try to launch it the program
>will start to load them it says something like Solarian cannot find a monitor
>of at least 640X400 (Mac 13" Color monitor).

>I would be nice if there was a way to trick games and other programs like 
>Solarian into running on an LC with a 12" monitor.


>			Mike
>			mlg@cblph.att.com

I have played Solarian II on a mac LC.  This machine had a 13" high-res monitor
and 512k VRAM simm installed.  I have a Mac SE and I would love to see a B/W
version of this game!!!!!

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