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From: dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Two new travesties on the Amiga :-(
Message-ID: <80UY026H33pw01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 9 Jun 89 19:33:18 GMT
References: <19289@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: dwl10@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Houston TX
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In article <19289@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
>
>                  >>TWO<<  new travesties on the Amiga?
>
>                        Yep.  SimCity and ELITE.
>
>SimCity doesn't function on an '020 Amiga, and ELITE doesn't function on either
>or both an '020 or a memory-expanded Amiga.
>
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>SimCity
>-------
>
>Booting the disk, clicking on the SimCity icon, the "Road Sign" comes up and
>all seems normal.  Per instructions: Click on "Start New City", the mouse
>pointer changes, disk gronks for awhile, then return to Workbench, and nada.
>Not even after waiting 10 minutes does anything happen.  Sort of like the
>Spectrum Holobyte "FALCON".  Hmmm, wonder if Broderbund/Spectrum Holobyte/Maxis
>are in cahoots?  Prior comments in this newsgroup alluded to the author of
>SimCity being a C=64 hack ... it shows.  Turning off the instruction cache
>makes no difference; this "program" claims to need expanded memory, so I didn't
>try the "tricks" as with ELITE (below).  Almost as bad as "BALANCE OF POWER";
>gee, what IS it with these Macintosh ports to the Amiga?  :-(
>
>Well, this turkey goes out the window and over the fence unless someone wants
>to buy it before the FAUG meeting; best offer over $30 gets it.
>
You didn't mention what type of "'020" system you were using but...
Does it work if you boot it in 68000 mode? On an amiga 2500, you
still have 1 Meg to use in 68000 mode. Is that enough memory?

BTW - The simcity DEMO works fine on my 2500, in '020' mode or not.
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