phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com (Phil Hunt) (01/17/90)
Hi Ho, Just a quick note to tell the net that Solarian II, that GREAT COLOR arcade game for the Mac II and above DOES NOT work on a Mac 2Ci with Rasterops Color/264 board. It displays the opening and help screens correctly, but when you try to start the game, bomba! BTW, I am not sure if it is the colorboard/264 or the 2ci that breaks it! ================================================================== Phil Hunt "Wherever you go, there you are!!!" Digital Equipment Corporation Phone: (508)486-2164 ENET: VAXPHW::PHIL USENET: phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com MOREUSENET: phil%vaxphw.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com EVENMORE: ....!decwrl!dec-vaxphw!phil
nilesinc@well.UUCP (Avi Rappoport) (01/18/90)
In article <7520@shlump.nac.dec.com> phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com (Phil Hunt) writes: >Hi Ho, > >Just a quick note to tell the net that Solarian II, that GREAT COLOR >arcade game for the Mac II and above DOES NOT work on a Mac 2Ci with >Rasterops Color/264 board. It displays the opening and help screens >correctly, but when you try to start the game, bomba! > We've had lots of problems with Solarian. DO NOT try to start it on a Plus! The new version that was supposed to fix the color table bug now won't start at all: claims not enough application memory at 2MB... This is on a IIcx with 8-bit color, and 4MB of memory. Perhaps the author could label it "Beta", so we know what we're getting into? -- -- Help me justify my online bills: ask me EndNote questions, please! -- Avi Rappoport nilesinc@well.UUCP, Niles.Assoc on AppleLink 415-655-666 2000 Hearst, Berkeley, CA 94709
isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ken Hancock) (01/18/90)
In article <7520@shlump.nac.dec.com> phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com (Phil Hunt) writes: >Hi Ho, > >Just a quick note to tell the net that Solarian II, that GREAT COLOR >arcade game for the Mac II and above DOES NOT work on a Mac 2Ci with >Rasterops Color/264 board. It displays the opening and help screens >correctly, but when you try to start the game, bomba! > Here's another cute bug, but this one is Apple's... In Solarian II, to fire the scissors, you have to hit the l;' 3-key combination. On Extended ADB keyboards, this isn't a problem. The 3-key combination will register. BUT, on Standard ADB keybaords, it's impossible to register those 3 keys at the same time. Other than that, Solarian II is a GREAT game. I only wish I had a Mac II so I could play it. *sigh* Ken -- Ken Hancock '90 | DISCLAIMER: I'm graduating and looking for Consultant | a job, so I'll stand by my words. Computer Resource Center |============================================== Dartmouth College | EMAIL: isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu
t-jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Tony Jacobs) (01/18/90)
In article <15560@well.UUCP> nilesinc@well.UUCP (Avi Rappoport) writes: >In article <7520@shlump.nac.dec.com> phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com (Phil Hunt) writes: >>Hi Ho, >> >>Just a quick note to tell the net that Solarian II, that GREAT COLOR >>arcade game for the Mac II and above DOES NOT work on a Mac 2Ci with >>Rasterops Color/264 board. It displays the opening and help screens >>correctly, but when you try to start the game, bomba! >> >We've had lots of problems with Solarian. DO NOT try to start it on a >Plus! The new version that was supposed to fix the color table bug >now won't start at all: claims not enough application memory at 2MB... >This is on a IIcx with 8-bit color, and 4MB of memory. > >Perhaps the author could label it "Beta", so we know what we're getting >into? >-- I think you have a bad copy. I have an 8-bit color CX and it works just fine and I only have 2 meg. Tony Jacobs * Center for Engineering Design * U of U * t-jacobs@cs.utah.edu
ce1zzes@prism.gatech.EDU (Eric Sheppard) (01/19/90)
In article <15560@well.UUCP>, nilesinc@well.UUCP (Avi Rappoport) writes: > We've had lots of problems with Solarian. DO NOT try to start it on a > Plus! The new version that was supposed to fix the color table bug > now won't start at all: claims not enough application memory at 2MB... > This is on a IIcx with 8-bit color, and 4MB of memory. > > Perhaps the author could label it "Beta", so we know what we're getting > into? Where can I find Solarian II? It doesn't appear to be on sumex... Eric, tinkerer-at-large -- Eric Sheppard Georgia Tech | "Of course the US Constitution isn't Atlanta, GA | perfect; but it's a lot better than what ARPA: ce1zzes@prism.gatech.edu | we have now." uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!prism!ce1zzes