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From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Lemmings on an A3000?
Message-ID: <21919@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 25 May 91 03:57:49 GMT
References: <91130.135851DEB110@psuvm.psu.edu> <1991May13.210811.20649@cbnewsj.att.com>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991May13.210811.20649@cbnewsj.att.com> paulm@cbnewsj.att.com (paul.j.maioriello) writes:
>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.

>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.

	No, actually what happens is the 5.25" drive pulls the lines down
and makes it look like there are 4 drives attached.  This eats 16+K chip ram
per drive, which can be enough to stop a game from running properly.  The
other possibility is their disk code is confused by drives that are shown
as existing but don't respond (since they don't exist).

	I first saw this with a golf program (Mean 18?) back in 1986, I
think, at a local dealer.

	Always leave your 5.25 (or any other) external drives on when using
the machine.

-- 
Randell Jesup, Jack-of-quite-a-few-trades, Commodore Engineering.
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