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From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Replacements
Message-ID: <9106122118.44@rmkhome.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jun 91 06:18:00 GMT
References: <1991Jun6.214610.2421@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1991Jun7.041228.28579@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>
Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
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In article <1991Jun7.041228.28579@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
>rjtatz@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Robert J Tatz) writes:
>
>> My kids have wiped out some original disks. First
>> off, these are ORIGINAL disks with manuals. Any
>> suggestions about replacements - Dungeon Master
>> (EA is still around, right?), Gee Bee Air Rally
>> (Activision), and Bionic Commando (Capcom). Email
>> unless the suggestions are general. Copy
>> protection is really a pain when the company goes
>> belly up. Thanks for any info/suggestions. Again
>> these are the original, labeled disks with manuals
>> and boxes.
>
>Well, if you lost several games in succession, it could
>be due to a floppy drive getting dirty or having a chipped
>read head, or, more often, to a virus having penetrated
>your disk supply and copying over the copy protection boot
>block of the game disk.  For the former, clean your drive
>with a disk cleaning kit, for the latter, teach your kids
>to power down after every game, and, if you can find one,
>check every single one of your disks with a virus checking
>program.
>
>> Also, what is the best suggestion on avoiding this
>> for their other copy-protected games.
>
>1) as above
>2) don't use them
>3) join the others who refuse to be burned again, and
>   refuse to buy any more copy protected games.
4) Sell your kids to the highest bidder.

Rick Kelly	rmk@rmkhome.UUCP	frog!rmkhome!rmk	rmk@frog.UUCP