brent@well.UUCP (Brent Southard) (12/02/86)
I recently bought Ultima III for the Amiga, and was very disappointed to find that I cannot back it up. I've tried Marauder, but I don't have any codes, and I don't want to wait for Discovery Software to answer my pleas. I've also tried QuickEA (seeing that this product is at least distributed by EA), but it also fails. In any case the copy seems to work until I try Transactions, at which time I'm told that "Honesty is a virtue. I will not help you.". C'mon, am I really expected to use my master disk for a game with constant reading and WRITING of/to the disk? Has anyone found a way to back this game up yet? have any other purchasers of Marauder been notified by Discovery of an update path for Marauder II? Is it still vaporware? So far, the only company who has sent me any promised update information is CSI, for their Multi-Forth system. The ones who haven't include Electronic Arts, Discovery, and Amiga (for Amiga Lattice C). This is getting ridiculous. I understand Aegis, a company with a seemingly sparkling reputation, is also guilty of the same promises. "They say 'so what?' I say 'so this.'" - Iggy brent
lachac@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Gerard Lachac) (12/02/86)
In article <2149@well.UUCP> brent@well.UUCP (Brent Southard) writes: >have any other purchasers of Marauder been notified by Discovery of an update >path for Marauder II? Is it still vaporware? > >brent I called Discovery the day before Thanksgiving, and this is what I was told: Registered owners of Marauder will be notified beginning of Dec that Marauder II is available. Upgrade of $10 + $5 shipping and ORIGINAL DISK! They suggested that if I wanted to beat the rush, to send it out now. They said they were expecting a turn over rate of about 4 weeks because of the volume of users. lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu
flocchini@ucdavis.UUCP (flocchini) (12/02/86)
> I recently bought Ultima III for the Amiga, and was very disappointed to find > that I cannot back it up. I've tried Marauder, but I don't have any codes, and > I don't want to wait for Discovery Software to answer my pleas. I've also > tried QuickEA (seeing that this product is at least distributed by EA), but it > also fails. In any case the copy seems to work until I try Transactions, at > which time I'm told that "Honesty is a virtue. I will not help you.". C'mon, > am I really expected to use my master disk for a game with constant reading and > WRITING of/to the disk? Has anyone found a way to back this game up yet? > have any other purchasers of Marauder been notified by Discovery of an update > path for Marauder II? Is it still vaporware? So far, the only company who > has sent me any promised update information is CSI, for their Multi-Forth > system. The ones who haven't include Electronic Arts, Discovery, and Amiga > (for Amiga Lattice C). This is getting ridiculous. I understand Aegis, a > company with a seemingly sparkling reputation, is also guilty of the same > promises. > > "They say 'so what?' > I say 'so this.'" - Iggy > i called discivery software and they said marauder II should be shipping by dec 10. updates will be available for a nominal charge. aegis has sent an announcement regarding updates for draw. i received this about a week ago. lattice has announced update for c compiler ( 3.1) if you pur-chased from them you should have got a card. bob flocchini ucdavis > brent *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***
timothyb@crash.UUCP (Timothy Burleson) (12/04/86)
I called Copperstate Software, makers of the QuickNibble copy program, and
they said that version 1.1 of QNibble will NOT copy Defender of the Crown or
Ultima III. However, if you mail them your original disk, they will have the
new update in 2-4 weeks, which they will send to you if you include the
proper return postage.
Timothy B. Burleson
San Diego Swamplands
{akgua,hplabs!hp-sdd,sdcsvax,nosc}!crash!timothyb