Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!pacbell.com!tandem!zorch!amiga0!mykes From: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Euro"Euro" demos: why do'nt they work? Message-ID: Date: 6 Jun 91 20:15:41 GMT References: <3999@beguine.UUCP> Organization: Amiga makes it possible Lines: 32 In article <3999@beguine.UUCP> John.Carver@bbs.acs.unc.edu (John Carver) writes: >I have recently obtained some of the Euro demos on ab20. However, none >of them seem to work. > >Here's the situation: I can run about 50% of them on my friend's A1000. >I have a 2000 with an 68030 board, which seems to break ALL of the Euro >demos. However, I know the board is OK becuase I can run any other >software at all: applications, games, traditional demos, utilities, etc. >Only the Euro demos don't work right. > >These things seem to be clever enough that it looks like the authors >could make them run on other machines. > > -J > > >-- > The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the University of > North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Campus Office for Information > Technology, or the Experimental Bulletin Board Service. > internet: bbs.oit.unc.edu or 128.109.157.30 A significant number of the demos require the Amiga to be in PAL mode. Also, many of the demo coders don't have access to 030 machines to test their stuff on. This second issue is changing, and more of the more recent demos do work on all Amigas. -- **************************************************** * I want games that look like Shadow of the Beast * * but play like Leisure Suit Larry. * ****************************************************