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From: jim@sivax.UUCP (Jim Boman)
Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm
Subject: HALLEY'S PROJECT INCOMPATIBILITY
Message-ID: <169@sivax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 16:21:09 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  6 16:21:09 1986
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WARNING: If you plan on buying MINDSCAPE's HALLEY's PROJECT, and
you have an Indus, MSD or other 3rd party drive for your C64,
DON'T! The copy protection scheme they have implemented,  according
to their tech support people, causes the program to be compatible
only with the 1541 drive (maybe the new one too, but I didn't ask).
The packaging, however, says "Commodore 64, single disk drive". No
mention on the box (or inside) is made indicating that you must use
a 1541. Apparently, again according to MINDSCAPE, they were aware of
this before marketing the program ,but decided to keep the copy
protection. Dumb. Real dumb.
 
				   jim bauman
				   sivax