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From: tedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Ted Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Flight Simulator on a SE HD20?
Message-ID: <870125@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Jan 88 17:51:24 GMT
References: <870116@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Organization: HP Design Tech Center - Santa Clara, CA
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SUMMARY:  MicroSoft Flight Simulator on a SE HD20

I have got a half dozen or so responses to this article, and
the consensus is that it *is* dangerous to your hard disk if
you run Flight Simulator on a Mac SE HD20.

Unfortunately, I received these letters *after* I tried it
myself.  The program ran fine (I never really looked at it
closely before:  what an ugly Toolbox kludge!  MicroSoft
apparently *made up* their own menus and dialog boxes,
avoiding the ROM routines altogether.  Ugh!)

Anyway, my hard disk *appeared* to be fine, but the next
time I tried to "Disk Express" it, I got a message saying
"This disk is damaged" and a GRIM REAPER (you know, a 
skeleton with a black cload and a scythe) icon 
appeared!!!   8-O  <--(my look of horror!)

Fortunately, Apple's "Disk First Aid" program successfully
repaired the disk!  Yea!

I guess I'll just have to wait for the non-buggy version
of Falcon, which I'm sure will be released Real Soon Now. :-)

-Ted

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Ted Johnson
Hewlett-Packard
Design Technology Center
(408)553-3555
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