Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!ukma!xanth!xanth.cs.odu.edu!tadguy From: tadguy@cs.odu.edu (Tad Guy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: rs1&2 on xanth?? Message-ID: Date: 7 Mar 90 01:49:12 GMT References: <22608@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: news@cs.odu.edu Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA Lines: 30 In-reply-to: navas@cory.Berkeley.EDU's message of 4 Mar 90 19:51:52 GMT In article <22608@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> navas@cory.Berkeley.EDU (David C. Navas) writes: > BEFORE I flame somebody for posting 2.6 megabytes of useless garbage, > would somebody tell me what exactly I'm doing wrong? I just spent >6 > hours downloading the rs1 and rs2 .wrp's from xanth, and while they both > boot, they both seem to end up hanging my input task, and then dying. > [I assume that's what's dead when the CAPS LOCK no longer responds... :|] (Note that it wasn't posted, but was ftp'ed to xanth's incoming/amiga area). I used the NFS handler of DNet (still too cool) to UnWarp them and they worked for me, but not without problems. In particular, I had to eject/replace the disk several times to make it finish loading parts of the demo. The disk reading routine seems to have some trouble. However, if you do get it to work all the way through (I particularly liked the way it asks for the second disk), it's a lot of fun. > If somebody from the other side of the Atlantic is going to send > stuff over here, can they make sure it works on our machines first? > This is a matter of common courtesy, I know we do it, I'm sure > you've done it to us, but I'd like to avoid 6 hour downloads in the > future. Kinda knee-jerk, huh? He uploaded it as a courtesy, and did test it on his machine first. Short of actually coming over here and running on someone's machine here, what would you have him do? Just not upload it? (He's also provided several other demos, all which worked, so he has a good track record). Anyway, you took it from incoming/amiga, a use-at-your-own-risk area... ...tad