cfg@grad10.cs.duke.edu (Christopher F. Gandy) (11/03/89)
Yesterday, I was doing my usual browsing through the amiga software rack and found Chris Crawford's game BALANCE OF POWER for a mere $9.00 and decided that I couldn't go wrong at that price. To my disappointment, upon getting home, I did somehow go wrong. Following the bootup sequence as dictated in the documentation, I get the appropriate icons, and can ultimately get the opening title screen. After watching the interesting pictures for a while I tried to click on the "new game" gadget, but could not see the pointer. After much trial and error (clicking the mouse all over my desktop) I managed to hit the box and advanced to the copy protection password screen. Again, trial and error got me into the typing box and entered the password. Next the OPTIONS screen came up, but even trial and error does not seem to help in trying to get past this. (The gadgets at this point are VERY small). I have a 2000 with a second 3.5 drive as well as a 2088 Bridgeboard and its 5.25 drive. Beyond that, the machine is stock (as far as I know, I bought it second-hand). Has anyone else run into a problem like this? Any suggestions as to how I can get around this problem? Thanks in advance. Chris -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- * I won't grow up, not a penny will I pinch | Department of Computer Science, * I will never grow a moustache, or a | Duke University, * fraction of an inch. | Durham, NC 27706 * Cause growing up is awfuller than all the | * awful things that ever were. | ARPA: cfg@cs.duke.edu * I won't grow up, never grow up..... | CSNET: cfg@duke * Not ME! (P. Pan & cfg) | UUCP: decvax!duke!cfg -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
sutela@tucos.utu.fi (Kari Sutela) (11/05/89)
Try running NoFastMem before Balance of Power - it works for me. - Kari Sutela sutela@cs.utu.fi
sdl@lyra.mitre.org (Steven D. Litvinchouk) (11/14/89)
In article <15980@duke.cs.duke.edu> cfg@grad10.cs.duke.edu (Christopher F. Gandy) writes: > Yesterday, I was doing my usual browsing through the amiga software > rack and found Chris Crawford's game BALANCE OF POWER for a mere $9.00 > and decided that I couldn't go wrong at that price. To my > disappointment, upon getting home, I did somehow go wrong. > > Following the bootup sequence as dictated in the documentation, I > get the appropriate icons, and can ultimately get the opening title > screen. After watching the interesting pictures for a while I tried to > click on the "new game" gadget, but could not see the pointer.... The original version of Balance of Power would not work properly with expansion RAM. It only worked properly on an Amiga with 512K of RAM. I suggest you upgrade as soon as possible, to "Balance of Power 1990." This new version has lots of new features, and works well on Amigas with additional RAM. (Unfortunately, it seems to load itself entirely into chip RAM, so having Fat Agnus is a big win.) Alternatively, there are PD programs out there that will disable expansion RAM for you. If you disable expansion RAM just long enough to start up Balance of Power, it works fine and you can re-enable expansion RAM once more. Steven Litvintchouk MITRE Corporation Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730 (617)271-7753 ARPA: sdl@mbunix.mitre.org UUCP: ...{att,decvax,genrad,ll-xn,philabs,utzoo}!linus!sdl "Where does he get those wonderful toys?" -- J. Nicholson -- Steven Litvintchouk MITRE Corporation Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730 (617)271-7753 ARPA: sdl@mbunix.mitre.org UUCP: ...{att,decvax,genrad,ll-xn,philabs,utzoo}!linus!sdl "Where does he get those wonderful toys?" -- J. Nicholson