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From: hbo@sbphy.ucsb.edu (Howard B. Owen)
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Subject: Re: Dragon's Lair
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Date: 21 Dec 88 18:42:49 GMT
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In article <822@wasatch.UUCP>, u-jmolse%sunset.utah.edu@wasatch.UUCP (John M. Olsen) writes...

>I suppose that using a custom disk layout made it easier to load pictures
>and sounds quickly, but I still see that as no excuse for the unfriendliness
>of the game with relation to multitasking and hard disks.  They will not
>get any of my money this time.
> 
    The article in Amazing Computing implied that the custom loader was
needed to support the compression scheme they used. If true, I see this
as a valid excuse for trashing the operating system. Otherwise, the game
wouldn't have been possible.