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From: unland@cbmvax.UUCP ( Regional Support)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: F16 Falcon on hard disk
Message-ID: <7064@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jun 89 00:18:09 GMT
References: <16903@louie.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: unland@cbmvax.UUCP (Rick Unland - Regional Support)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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Being a beta tester for the Amiga version of Falcon I have been following 
this thread with interest.  Today I requested and recieved permission to
talk about the difficulties that you are experiencing.  First off the version
of the program that I have is for the 020/030 accelerator boards. I also 
have the standard version but rarely use it.  I can tell you that the new
version for the Amiga should ship in about 30 to 60 days and there are two
ways to obtain it.  The first is to send in your original disk and $2.50
to cover shipping and handling or call and use your credit card to pay 
$7.50.  Obviously you must be a registerd owner to obtain these updates.

Now for the info,  The new version has a copy to hard disk routine that 
uses Xicon to copy the two disks worth of files to your hard disk, at this
point you need to make an assignment in the startup-sequence. I used this and 
found the only problem was the default was set to DH0: but you can change this
in the batch file easy enough.  When run, the program came up quickly and 
requested the passletter from the decoder wheel, after that the whole thing 
ran great. I am using this on a CSA dragstrip  with 4 megs on it. I also have 
the CSA 030 board. The program ran extremly fast with this setup. I also
tested it on the CSA Midget Racer and had no difficulties.  The only progblem
that I encountered was a line about four lines high just below the hud running
from side to side.  This disapeared after the game progressed. If you have 
anymore problems dont hesitate to mail me questions I will attempt to answer 
as fast as possible.

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