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From: dpvc@ur-tut.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hygiene for Disk Drives (or Dos Floss ?)
Message-ID: <1152@ur-tut.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 3-Apr-87 12:59:21 EST
Article-I.D.: ur-tut.1152
Posted: Fri Apr  3 12:59:21 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 5-Apr-87 04:56:09 EST
References: <3489@cbosgd.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: dpvc@tut.cc.rochester.edu.UUCP (Davide Cervone)
Organization: Univ. of Rochester Computing Center
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In article <3489@cbosgd.ATT.COM> gwe@cbosgd.UUCP (Bill Thacker) writes:
>Last night, I was impressing my friends (and myself) with the realistic
>sound effects on Microprose's Silent Service. Then, I gave them a quick
>demo of DPaint II. After the oohs and ahhs, we left the box on while we got
>dinner.
>
>A couple hours later, I returned and flipped on the monitor. Everything was OK.
>As I wanted to play Silent Service again, I put in the disk and did a warm boot.
>After a while, the Silent Service intro picture came up; but mangled, and in the
>wrong colors. The Amiga then froze, keyboard locked, and drive "In Use" light
>blazing. I could hear the drive spinning.
>
...
>Except that nothing can protect you from a hungry DOS.

My copy of Silent Service also has had troubles (won't always boot, won't
always start a patrol, etc.).  In fact, in order to get it to work at all,
I have to play a Convoy mission before I can begin a Patrol!

The problem isn't the DOS (this time! :-), it's the *STUPID* copy protection
stuff again.  I should have learned not to purchase a protected program by now!

My dealer says that EVERY SINGLE COPY of Silent Service that he's sold has
had problems!  How's that for protection!

>
>This sounds like a bad movie:
>Amigados 1.2: It came from Hell, to feast on the software of the living !
>See it in a computer near you !

Except it's not the DOS's fault this time.

>
>Oh, well, I'm sure the nice folks at Microprose will replace my disk for me,
>and in a few short weeks, I'll be able to play Silent Service again.

It was the "nice folks at Mircoprose" who caused the problem int the first 
place (with their copy protection).

I think the game itself is great.  One of my favorites (next to Marble Madness),but I just can't imagine how a company can sell something that destroys 
itself after about 5 uses (I know how, because jerks like me buy it!  I will
have to think very seriously about purchasing any more protected programs).

>	Bill Thacker    	cbatt!cbosgd!gwe

Davide P. Cervone
University of Rochester
DPVC@UORDBV.BITNET
dpvc@ur-tut.UUCP
dpvc@tut.cc.rochester.EDU

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