blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) (11/06/87)
in article <16244@topaz.rutgers.edu>, lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu (Gerard Lachac) says: > Don't complain about the hardware, it's the programmers who are at fault here. > Psygnosis (sp?), the company that produces Barbarian (and Brataccus, and Arena > and Terrorpods) decided to go directly to hardware for keyboard control > instead of using the guidelines set by CBM/Amiga. The result? Well, since > the hardware calls are different on the A2000, the keyboard doesn't work. > Call the company and complain (of course calling Britain might not be > worth it :-) If you really want something to complain about, let them know that none of their software works with a 68010. This is really obnoxious because their grind-the-drive protection doesn't allow Deci-gel to be used. I'm getting rather tired with the games that Psygnosis has released. All of look very nice, but the game play on all of them is rather slow and tedious. They would be nice games if there was some snap in their response, but the joystick seems to be connected to the program via a bowl of mush. -- Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland 540 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108 UUCP Address: {ihnp4,ucbvax,decvax,allegra}!decwrl!esunix!blgardne {ihnp4,seismo}!utah-cs!esunix!blgardne "I don't see no points on your ears boy, but you sound like a Vulcan!"
hamilton@intersil.uucp (Fred Hamilton) (12/14/89)
In article <4513@ur-cc.UUCP>, rhir@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Bob Hirosky) writes: > I recently installed a 68010 in my A500 on a whim, but I couldn't > get the thing to boot untill I removed Dmouse (v1.10 I think), Noclick v3.5, > mackie, and replaced my ARP commands with Amiga DOS commands. Running > Fix68010 didn't even help, should I expect it to? Fix68010 changes the MOVE,SR (or whatever it is) instruction to one more easily digestible by 010/020+ systems. It modifies the executable. It also seems to modify DATA in these programs that looks like the MOVE instruction. I had a number of programs that would fail on my 020, work fine if I executed deciGEL, and go BONKERS if I Fix68010'd them. I'd recommend staying away from Fix68010. Of course, I have no idea what your original problem is. If SimCity works fine, then it IS booting. Just try running deciGEL as one of the first items in your Startup-Sequence. And delete all the programs you Fix68010'd and go back to the originals. > -Bob > rhir@uhura.cc.rochester.edu > bob@uorhep.bitnet > PS:At least SimCity works just fine :) > -- Fred Hamilton Any views, comments, or ideas expressed here Harris Semiconductor are entirely my own. Even good ones. Santa Clara, CA
rhir@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Bob Hirosky) (12/14/89)
I recently installed a 68010 in my A500 on a whim, but I couldn't get the thing to boot untill I removed Dmouse (v1.10 I think), Noclick v3.5, mackie, and replaced my ARP commands with Amiga DOS commands. Running Fix68010 didn't even help, should I expect it to? Any 68010 owners had any success with these programs? Thanks for any suggestions/comments, -Bob rhir@uhura.cc.rochester.edu bob@uorhep.bitnet PS:At least SimCity works just fine :)
aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (David C. Powell) (12/15/89)
In article <4513@ur-cc.UUCP> rhir@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Bob Hirosky) writes: >I recently installed a 68010 in my A500 on a whim, but I couldn't >get the thing to boot untill I removed Dmouse (v1.10 I think), Noclick v3.5, >mackie, and replaced my ARP commands with Amiga DOS commands. Running Fix68010 >didn't even help, should I expect it to? Any 68010 owners had any success with >these programs? Thanks for any suggestions/comments, Bob, I have had a 68010 installed in my Amiga 1000 for about a year now, with NO problems whatsoever... I run DMouse, Arp commands, MyMenu, etc. BUT, NOT 'mackie' and/or Noclick v3.5, methinks one of these might be the REAL culprit..... as an aside, I have only had 2 programs TOTALLY fail to work with the 68010, Falcon and Transformer, I have recently gotten the scenerio disk for Falcon and NOW it works, and R'YKandar (sorry for the munging of your name... ;-) ) sent me a fix for Transformer that works flawlessly (which by the by R'YKandar, when is the 'real'/totally finished one going to be posted for everyone else?) The only other game I can NOT get to work currently is Blasteroids, I borrowed my friends copy (he has a stock 2000) which worked fine, but on MY computer, after the opening screen, it loads a little, then seems to TRY and turn off the HIGH-Pass filter... (MY theory, as the power light goes dim...) then OFF to the GURU! Any ideas folks? Well, sorry for the SLIGHT change in topic, it DID have to do with the 68010 and, yes the GURU is *NOT* '8' when Blasteroids dies... Anyway Bob, check removing those 2 programs, then re-adding Arp, and DMouse, and see what happens.... David C. Powell M.I.S. Senior Ball State University Muncie, Indiana *-David Powell :ARPA: aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu--------------------------* | \/ President :UUCP: <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!aegnor | | /\etwnk Industries, Ltd. : | *-"If it doesn't work, we DIDN'T do it!"-----------------------------*