2200ai@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (01/16/90)
I recently bought Starflight from Electronic Arts. I own a 500 and an A590 hard drive. After playing Starflight for a while the system will crash, lock up, or GURU. Upon calling EA they told me that it was the A590 causing the problem and that the only work around was to remove it from the system. Now I think that most of you will agree that plugging and unplugging things from the A500 bus port all the time is not a very good idea. I asked about a\ patch and they said no plans for a patch even though they know about the problem and from what I got from the conversation knew of the problem before shipping. Now I know that this is a relativly minor thing and that software companys don't have to be compatable with everything on the market, but for God's sake it is not equipment from a third party manufacturer even. The A590 is made by Commodore! I wish that EA would stop throwing away the book from Commodore on software compatability. EA could not even tell me why the program crashed. Don't get me wrong I can get my money back on the program, but I realy liked Starflight and us Amiga people have been waiting a long time for Starflight. I'll admit I am kind of pissed off at EA's attitude. They give the impression of "sorry, too bad, you loose." Well thanks for letting me get that off my chest. Mike Montona
gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) (01/17/90)
In article <8266@nigel.udel.EDU> 2200ai@gmuvax2.gmu.edu writes: >I recently bought Starflight from Electronic Arts. I own a 500 and an A590 >hard drive. After playing Starflight for a while the system will crash, >lock up, or GURU. Upon calling EA they told me that it was the A590 causing >the problem and that the only work around was to remove it from the system. What they fed you was a bunch of bullshit. Come on developers. Let's start following Commodore guidelines. I think EA is full of idiots anyways. Most of their games don't work on 020/030 machines at all. Anything that follows Commodore guidelines will work on any of their machines. Period. Anybody that chooses to ignore these guidlines should get out of the business. They are just hurting the Amiga. >Mike Montona Ralph Seguin gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu gilgalad@dip.eecs.umich.edu Ralph_Seguin@ub.cc.umich.edu USER6TUN@UMICHUB.BITNET
jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) (01/17/90)
In article <8266@nigel.udel.EDU> 2200ai@gmuvax2.gmu.edu writes: >I recently bought Starflight from Electronic Arts. I own a 500 and an A590 >hard drive. After playing Starflight for a while the system will crash, >lock up, or GURU. Upon calling EA they told me that it was the A590 causing >the problem and that the only work around was to remove it from the system. You could try asking this question of EA: "Does the reason why Starflight won't work on an A500 with with an A590 have anything to do with nonzero values in memory location zero?" Keep after them until you get connected to someone who understands the ramifications of the question, and can provide a definite yes or no answer. Then ask your dealer or Commodore Customer Support if the "odd value in zero" problem has been fixed for the A590. I think someone from CATS said that that was the cause. -- Joe Smith (408)922-6220 | SMTP: JMS@F74.TYMNET.COM or jms@gemini.tymnet.com BT Tymnet Tech Services | UUCP: ...!{ames,pyramid}!oliveb!tymix!tardis!jms PO Box 49019, MS-D21 | PDP-10 support: My car's license plate is "POPJ P," San Jose, CA 95161-9019 | humorous dislaimer: "My Amiga speaks for me."