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From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,rec.games.misc
Subject: Re: Flight simulators for the Mac
Message-ID: <1990Feb12.035300.20941@smsc.sony.com>
Date: 12 Feb 90 03:53:00 GMT
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Reply-To: dce@Sony.COM (David Elliott)
Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp.
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In article <1990Feb12.034306.20834@smsc.sony.com> dce@Sony.COM (David Elliott) writes:
>	Falcon - 1, mf, II
>	Chuck Yeager Flight Simulator - *, mf, II

Oops, I forgot something.

Just because these say they are Mac II-compatible doesn't mean that
they are IIci-compatible.

Some programs may have problems with 32-bit QuickDraw, which is builtin
to the IIci.  Others may not be playable due to the speed of the machine.
Also, there are programs for which copy-protection is broken on the IIci.

Sadly, there is no complete compatability matrix available for software.
Reviewers tend to give minimum system requirements, but even those
magazines which are nothing but lists of software do not give information
like whether or not the software works under MultiFinder, what screen
depths are supported, whether big screens are supported, or even if the
software works on a given machine.

My advice is to only buy software with a money-back guarantee.  That way,
you can send it back if it doesn't work, and the fact that you returned
it may get back to the manufacturer and get them to fix the code.
-- 
David Elliott
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