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From: paulm@cbnewsj.att.com (paul.j.maioriello)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Lemmings on an A3000?
Summary: Lemmings on a 3000
Message-ID: <1991May13.210811.20649@cbnewsj.att.com>
Date: 13 May 91 21:08:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbnewsj.1991May13.210811.20649
References: <91130.135851DEB110@psuvm.psu.edu>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <91130.135851DEB110@psuvm.psu.edu>, DEB110@psuvm.psu.edu (Doug Bischoff) writes:
> 
>      Okay, I'm sitting here with this way-cool nifty-neato wowie game lemmings
> in my A3000, and just watched the funky intro sequence.  Neat!
>      Great... now it's sitting here with this lemming hand pointer and a blank
> screen.  The machine isn't locked because I can still move the pointer.  But
> that's all!  Nothing else works.  Nothing.
>      I've got an A3000/25 with 8 and 2 megs memory, 1 floppy drive and a hard
> drive.  Is there something I have to do to run this game?  Thanks!
> 
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I had exactly the same problem.  I even took the disks back to the store.
They worked great in his 3000.  I got a new copy anyway.  Took the
new copy home, booted up .... GUESS WHAT?? ... same problem.
Why does it work in the store's machine and not mine?  Well I have this
5 1/4 inch drive TURNED OFF that the store didn't have.  Gee maybe
I'll turn the drive on and try again.  Result, Lemmings now runs fine
(GREAT GAME ... My son now pretends he is a blocker).  Apparantly
something in the copy protection doesn't like 5 1/4 inch turned off
drives.  If you have one of these and Lemmings isi't working, make
sure the drive is on.

Hope this helps!!

Paul Maioriello
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